What is the population of Erie town?

Erie town has 31,927 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #31 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Erie town?

Median household income in Erie town is $163,644 a year, 108.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Erie town?

Median gross rent is $2,775 a month and the median home value is $685,900, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.

Is Erie town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Erie town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Erie, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Erie, Colorado (Erie, CO — Census place “Erie town”) is 31,927 residents, ranking #31 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $163,644, the median home is worth $685,900 and median gross rent runs $2,775 a month. Looking for the Erie Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Erie, CO: 80516.

Population: 31,927Erie town residents
Median household income: $163,644Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $685,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,775Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 87.9%Owner-occupied households

Erie ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Erie.

The Erie CO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

80516

What the numbers mean in Erie town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Erie town median would spend about 20.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3% of residents and 87.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Erie town, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Erie town is a small city in Colorado, with 31,927 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #31 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 37.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Erie town earn a median of $163,644 a year, 108.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 89% above the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Erie town is valued at $685,900, 126.1% above the national figure and 51% above the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,775 a month, 97.4% above the national figure, or roughly $33,300 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 87.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Erie town?: Erie town has 31,927 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #31 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Erie town?: Median household income in Erie town is $163,644 a year, 108.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Erie town?: Median gross rent is $2,775 a month and the median home value is $685,900, so rent absorbs about 20.3% of median household income.
Is Erie town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Erie town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Erie town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.