What is the population of Monte Vista city?

Monte Vista city has 4,178 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Monte Vista city?

Median household income in Monte Vista city is $49,339 a year, 37.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Monte Vista city?

Median gross rent is $657 a month and the median home value is $204,500, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.

Is Monte Vista city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Monte Vista city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Monte Vista, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Monte Vista, Colorado (Monte Vista, CO — Census place “Monte Vista city”) is 4,178 residents, ranking #126 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $49,339, the median home is worth $204,500 and median gross rent runs $657 a month. Looking for the Monte Vista Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Monte Vista, CO: 81144.

Population: 4,178Monte Vista city residents
Median household income: $49,339Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $204,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $657Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.6%Owner-occupied households

Monte Vista ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Monte Vista.

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

81144

What the numbers mean in Monte Vista city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Monte Vista city median would spend about 16% 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 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 29.3% of residents and 61.6% of households own their home.

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

Monte Vista city, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Monte Vista city is a small town in Colorado, with 4,178 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #126 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 38.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Monte Vista city earn a median of $49,339 a year, 37.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 43% below 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 29.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Monte Vista city is valued at $204,500, 32.6% below the national figure and 55% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $657 a month, 53.3% below the national figure, or roughly $7,884 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 61.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Monte Vista city?: Monte Vista city has 4,178 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #126 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Monte Vista city?: Median household income in Monte Vista city is $49,339 a year, 37.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Monte Vista city?: Median gross rent is $657 a month and the median home value is $204,500, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.
Is Monte Vista city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Monte Vista city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Monte Vista city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.