Palisade, Colorado

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Back to Palisade, CO housing info, Mesa County, Colorado, CO smaller cities, CO small cities, All Cities.   Submit your own pictures of this town and show them to the World General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map General Map Google Map MSN Map Please wait while loading the map... Current weather forecast for Palisade, CO Mesa County Population in July 2008: 2,840. Population change since 2000: +10.1%   Males: 1,328   (46.8%) Females: 1,512   (53.2%) Median resident age:   39.5 years Colorado median age:   34.3 years Zip codes: 81526. Estimated median household income in 2008: $43,111 (it was $27,739 in 2000) Palisade:   $43,111 Colorado:   $56,993 Estimated per capita income in 2008: $22,331 Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $176,877 (it was $89,500 in 2000) Palisade:   $176,877 Colorado:   $242,200 Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $182,308; Detached houses: $224,657; Townhouses or other attached units: $102,555; Mobile homes: $30,912 Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 81526 Palisade, CO residents, houses, and apartments details Put your B&M business profile right here for free. 20,000 businesses already created their profiles! Business Search - 14 Million verified businesses Search for:  near:   Races in Palisade: White Non-Hispanic (90.1%) Hispanic (6.2%) Two or more races (2.7%) American Indian (2.6%) Other race (1.4%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Palisade: 85.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100) Recent posts about Palisade, Colorado on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users. Palisade is mentioned 73 times on our forum: Why the "split" between "old" and "new" Coloradans . . .  (231 replies) Grand Junction area?  (117 replies) grand junction  (59 replies) Palisade and DeBeque Colorado  (0 replies) President Barack Obama  (126 replies) Fruita-Grand Junction-Palisade Areas  (2 replies) Latest news from Palisade, CO collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: German (19.2%), English (15.9%), Irish (15.4%), United States (7.3%), Italian (4.8%), Dutch (3.0%). Current Local Time: MST time zone Incorporated on 4/4/1904 Elevation: 4724 feet Land area: 1.07 square miles. Population density: 2642 people per square mile   (average).

Average climate in Palisade, Colorado

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Palisade-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Colorado state average. It is 22% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/13/1994 at 06:01:23, a magnitude 4.6 (4.4 MB, 4.6 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 69.4 miles away from Palisade center
On 5/27/2000 at 21:58:18, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 59.7 miles away from the city center
On 1/31/2002 at 18:17:45, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 88.7 miles away from the city center
On 3/20/1995 at 12:46:16, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 4.1 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 80.0 miles away from Palisade center
On 11/7/2004 at 06:54:59, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 ML, Depth: 0.4 mi) earthquake occurred 67.6 miles away from the city center
On 8/9/2001 at 22:38:54, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 64.6 miles away from Palisade center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

Political contributions by individuals in Palisade, CO

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Hotel: Castle Rock Lodge (3939 Highway 6 And 24).

Average household size:

This town:	2.4 people
Colorado:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	65.6%
Whole state:	65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.1%
Whole state:	5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
• Gay men: 0.2% of all households

This town:	14.0%
Whole state:	9.3%

This town:	2.9%
Whole state:	4.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Palisade, CO

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Here		28.6%
USA		50.2%

8.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,805 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.52%
Colorado average:	10.77%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($298 average AGI)

Mesa County:	0.07%
Colorado average:	0.18%

from Garfield County, CO	0.51% ($48,260 average AGI)
from Delta County, CO	0.30% ($33,014)
from Jefferson County, CO	0.26% ($42,254)

6.09% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,794 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.09%
Colorado average:	10.03%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($150 average AGI)

Mesa County:	0.04%
Colorado average:	0.12%

to Garfield County, CO	0.32% ($36,248 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, CO	0.20% ($30,568)
to Montrose County, CO	0.20% ($34,978)

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• Fire: 21
• Hazardous Condition: 9
• Service Call: 3
• Good Intent Call: 1

• #63 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Data processing and other information services"

• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"