Housing density: 961 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $301,699.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,037 (lower quartile is $748, upper quartile is $1,422)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $3,177
Median gross rent in Grand Junction, CO in 2022: $1,112
Housing units in Grand Junction with a mortgage: 12,388 (469 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 321 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 323
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $84,011
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $60,585
Median monthly housing costs: $1,139
Compare current foreclosures in Grand Junction, CO:
8,769 married couples with children.
3,079 single-parent households (864 men, 2,215 women).
93.4% of residents of Grand Junction speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 3,170 (4.7%)
(51.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.9% Number of people working at home: 5,085 (15.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 965
5 to 9 minutes: 5,827
10 to 14 minutes: 8,444
15 to 19 minutes: 6,418
20 to 24 minutes: 2,878
25 to 29 minutes: 147
30 to 34 minutes: 1,010
35 to 39 minutes: 50
40 to 44 minutes: 0
45 to 59 minutes: 704
60 to 89 minutes: 785
90 or more minutes: 288
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 40,877 (76.9%)
Carpooled: 4,797 (9.0%)
Bus: 330 (0.6%)
Subway or elevated rail: 204 (0.4%)
Ferryboat: 51 (0.1%)
Taxi: 243 (0.5%)
Bicycle: 924 (1.7%)
Walked: 991 (1.9%)
Worked at home: 4,758 (8.9%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
5.9%Males
5.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
6.3%Males
7.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
2.9%Males
4.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.3%Males
9.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Grand Junction, Colorado
8952010 or later
5882000 to 2009
6311990 to 1999
2241980 to 1989
2551970 to 1979
387Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 4,372 (15.4%)
English: 3,466 (12.2%)
American: 2,203 (7.8%)
Irish: 1,889 (6.6%)
Italian: 1,629 (5.7%)
European: 1,052 (3.7%)
Polish: 634 (2.2%)
Scottish: 470 (1.7%)
Norwegian: 454 (1.6%)
Swedish: 436 (1.5%)
Scandinavian: 380 (1.3%)
French: 361 (1.3%)
Dutch: 334 (1.2%)
Romanian: 325 (1.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 188 (0.7%)
Czechoslovakian: 186 (0.7%)
Welsh: 185 (0.7%)
British: 164 (0.6%)
Croatian: 133 (0.5%)
Danish: 112 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 92 (0.3%)
Russian: 87 (0.3%)
Northern European: 74 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 66 (0.2%)
Swiss: 63 (0.2%)
Austrian: 58 (0.2%)
Greek: 53 (0.2%)
Canadian: 48 (0.2%)
Bulgarian: 38 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 38 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.1%)
Basque: 33 (0.1%)
Latvian: 31 (0.1%)
South African: 30 (0.1%)
Finnish: 29 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.09%)
Slovak: 22 (0.08%)
Czech: 22 (0.08%)
Ghanaian: 21 (0.07%)
Slovene: 19 (0.07%)
Afghan: 18 (0.06%)
Pennsylvania German: 14 (0.05%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.04%)
Iranian: 10 (0.04%)
Egyptian: 9 (0.03%)
Albanian: 7 (0.02%)
Lebanese: 7 (0.02%)
New Zealander: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Grand Junction:
29.7% (827)
Colorado:
38.3% (209,491)
Poland
Grand Junction:
7.3% (203)
Colorado:
0.9% (4,772)
Canada
Grand Junction:
5.1% (143)
Colorado:
2.7% (15,026)
Philippines
Grand Junction:
5.1% (141)
Colorado:
2.3% (12,342)
Venezuela
Grand Junction:
3.9% (109)
Colorado:
0.9% (4,829)
Honduras
Grand Junction:
3.7% (103)
Colorado:
1.1% (6,142)
Germany
Grand Junction:
3.6% (101)
Colorado:
2.5% (13,706)
England
Grand Junction:
2.9% (82)
Colorado:
1.2% (6,672)
Japan
Grand Junction:
2.8% (79)
Colorado:
0.7% (4,075)
El Salvador
Grand Junction:
2.8% (79)
Colorado:
2.2% (12,150)
Vietnam
Grand Junction:
2.4% (67)
Colorado:
3.0% (16,616)
Romania
Grand Junction:
2.3% (65)
Colorado:
0.3% (1,615)
Taiwan
Grand Junction:
2.3% (63)
Colorado:
0.5% (2,651)
Chile
Grand Junction:
2.0% (55)
Colorado:
0.4% (1,938)
Italy
Grand Junction:
1.9% (53)
Colorado:
0.4% (2,057)
Denmark
Grand Junction:
1.6% (45)
Colorado:
0.1% (775)
Nicaragua
Grand Junction:
1.5% (42)
Colorado:
0.2% (1,193)
South Africa
Grand Junction:
1.5% (42)
Colorado:
0.5% (2,472)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 32,264
Other state: 31,969
Northeast: 2,125
Midwest: 9,644
South: 5,143
West: 15,057
74.4% of Grand Junction residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 32.6% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 60.3% lived in Colorado.
Grand Junction:
74.4%
State average:
83.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 75
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 117
9th grade: 190
10th grade: 139
11th grade: 183
12th grade, no diploma: 24
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,705
Less than 1 year of college: 1,798
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,749
Associate degree: 1,090
Bachelor's degree: 5,287
Master's degree: 1,651
Professional school degree: 938
Doctorate degree: 225
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 103
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 111
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 161
11th grade: 247
12th grade, no diploma: 157
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,847
Less than 1 year of college: 1,748
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,088
Associate degree: 2,662
Bachelor's degree: 6,178
Master's degree: 1,949
Professional school degree: 1,016
Doctorate degree: 400
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 19,843
One, attached: 1,598
Two: 719
3 or 4: 1,481
5 to 9: 1,197
10 to 19: 1,223
20 to 49: 1,015
50 or more: 1,428
Mobile homes: 1,098
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.5%