Park County vs Pitkin County

A side-by-side comparison of Park County and Pitkin County: population, income, housing, and more.

Park County and Pitkin County are counties in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Park County has the higher population (17,739 vs 17,119 in Pitkin County). Pitkin County has the higher median household income ($100,318 vs $95,450 in Park County). Pitkin County has the higher median home value ($1,131,200 vs $489,300 in Park County).

Population, income & housing

	Park County	Pitkin County
Population	17,739	17,119
Median age	51.7 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,450	$100,318
Median home value	$489,300	$1,131,200
Median gross rent	$1,942	$1,880
Housing units	14,362	13,350
Homeownership rate	87.4%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park County	Pitkin County
Population	17,867 → 17,739 (-0.7%)	17,926 → 17,119 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$73,622 → $95,450 (+29.6%)	$78,935 → $100,318 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$327,200 → $489,300 (+49.5%)	$615,900 → $1,131,200 (+83.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,942 (+72.6%)	$1,473 → $1,880 (+27.6%)

Park County

Population

17,86717,739

Median household income

$73,622$95,450

Median home value

$327,200$489,300

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,942

Pitkin County

Population

17,92617,119

Median household income

$78,935$100,318

Median home value

$615,900$1,131,200

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Park County	Pitkin County
Under 5	3.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	16.6%	13.4%
75 and over	6.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park County	Pitkin County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park County	Pitkin County
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.1%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park County	Pitkin County
Drove alone	63.1%	48.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	12.2%
Walked	0.4%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.8%
Worked from home	22.2%	14.9%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park County	Pitkin County
1-unit, detached	93.4%	38.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	24.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Park County	Pitkin County
Poverty rate	7.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.09	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	40	20
Median year structure built	1989	1985