Lake County, Colorado

Interactive maps and statistics for Lake County, Colorado: income, age, education, housing, health and more, set beside Colorado and the United States.

Lake County, Colorado is among the highest in the country for bachelor's degree or higher (104th of 3,222 counties), and among the highest in the country for life expectancy (59th of 3,062 counties).

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Key figures

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States	Rank
Total Population	7,380	5,862,189	334,922,499	2709th of 3,222
Median Household Income	$96,575	$95,470	$80,734	204th of 3,221
Median Age	37.3	37.7	38.9	2698th of 3,222
Bachelor's Degree or Higher	49.5%	45.7%	35.7%	104th of 3,222
Median Home Value	$466,100	$539,400	$332,700	169th of 3,217
Median Gross Rent	$1,397	$1,761	$1,413	319th of 3,215
Poverty Rate	7.9%	9.4%	12.5%	2870th of 3,222
Unemployment Rate	2.2%	4.6%	5.2%	2873rd of 3,222
Population per Square Mile	19.6	56.6	n/a	2336th of 3,222
Foreign Born	12.4%	9.8%	14.1%	269th of 3,222
Life Expectancy	82.2	n/a	n/a	59th of 3,062
Homeownership Rate	75.6%	66.2%	65.2%	1428th of 3,222
Average Commute Time	25.7	25.2	26.4	1245th of 3,221
Worked from Home	8.5%	21.0%	15.1%	1625th of 3,222
Uninsured	15.2%	n/a	n/a	677th of 3,134
Married-Couple Households	41.9%	48.3%	46.9%	2716th of 3,222
Broadband Access	87.1%	n/a	n/a	836th of 3,135

Rank is among all US counties with published data, counting down from the highest value. Figures come from the American Community Survey, CDC, BLS, BEA and other federal sources. Open the map for 1,147 statistics and the year and margin of error behind each one.

Race and ethnicity in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	64.8%	57.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	32.8%	22.5%	19.3%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	3.8%	11.9%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	3.2%	5.9%
Two or More Races (non-Hispanic)	7.7%	4.6%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
Some Other Race (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	0.5%	0.6%
Diversity Index	54.6	52.5	61.4

Age in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
Median Age	37.3	37.7	38.9
Under 18 %	18.6%	21.0%	22.0%
Age 18-24 %	11.7%	9.1%	9.1%
Age 25-34 %	16.0%	15.7%	13.7%
Age 35-44 %	17.7%	14.6%	13.2%
Age 45-64 %	20.9%	23.9%	24.8%
Age 65 and Over %	15.1%	15.6%	17.2%

Households and families in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
Households	3,020	2,374,218	129,227,496
Average Household Size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Family Households	54.5%	61.7%	64.2%
Households with Children	26.9%	28.4%	29.5%
Single-Parent Families	12.7%	13.4%	17.3%
People Living Alone	31.3%	28.6%	28.7%
Never Married	33.3%	33.1%	34.4%

Income and poverty in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
Per Capita Income	$50,466	$52,636	$44,673
Households Under $25,000	11.4%	11.2%	14.6%
Households $50,000 to $74,999	17.0%	14.6%	15.5%
Households $100,000 to $149,999	22.6%	19.2%	17.5%
Households $200,000 or More	11.7%	17.0%	13.4%
Poverty Rate	7.9%	9.4%	12.5%
Below 200% of Poverty	18.5%	22.0%	28.2%
SNAP Households	7.6%	8.5%	n/a

Housing in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
Housing Units	3,983	2,589,053	143,775,355
Single-Family Detached Homes	77.0%	61.4%	61.3%
Buildings with 5+ Units	6.0%	22.6%	19.1%
Vacancy Rate	24.2%	8.3%	10.1%
Median Year Structure Built	1,972.0	1,988.0	1,980.0
Renter-Occupied	24.4%	33.8%	34.8%
Rent as % of Household Income	34.5%	31.4%	30.6%
Median Property Tax	$1,960	$2,602	n/a

Education in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
Less than High School	6.2%	7.1%	10.4%
High School Graduate	23.2%	19.7%	26.0%
Some College or Associate Degree	21.2%	27.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's Degree	30.3%	28.1%	21.6%
Graduate or Professional Degree	19.2%	17.6%	14.1%

Work and commuting in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
Labour Force Participation	76.0%	68.6%	63.5%
Drove Alone to Work	65.9%	65.1%	68.8%
Public Transit	0.2%	1.6%	3.2%
Walked to Work	5.3%	2.5%	2.4%
Commutes Under 15 Minutes	44.3%	26.5%	26.0%
Commutes Over an Hour	9.7%	6.8%	8.6%
Households Without a Car	4.1%	5.2%	n/a

Origins and language in Lake County, Colorado

Statistic	Lake County, Colorado	Colorado	United States
Born in State of Residence	36.7%	41.2%	57.3%
Naturalised Citizens	3.0%	4.7%	7.4%
Non-Citizens	9.4%	5.2%	6.8%
Speaks Only English at Home	80.9%	83.8%	77.7%
Speaks Spanish at Home	18.7%	11.1%	13.6%
Limited English Proficiency	10.3%	12.7%	16.7%

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