What is the population of Rifle city?

Rifle city has 10,466 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #67 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Rifle city?

Median household income in Rifle city is $80,629 a year, 2.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,231 a month and the median home value is $377,900, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.

Is Rifle city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rifle city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rifle, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rifle, Colorado (Rifle, CO — Census place “Rifle city”) is 10,466 residents, ranking #67 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $80,629, the median home is worth $377,900 and median gross rent runs $1,231 a month. Looking for the Rifle Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rifle, CO: 81650.

Population: 10,466Rifle city residents
Median household income: $80,629Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $377,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,231Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.6%Owner-occupied households

Rifle ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rifle.

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

81650

What the numbers mean in Rifle city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rifle city median would spend about 18.3% 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 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.4% of residents and 70.6% of households own their home.

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

Rifle city, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rifle city is a mid-size town in Colorado, with 10,466 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #67 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 32.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Rifle city earn a median of $80,629 a year, 2.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rifle city is valued at $377,900, 24.6% above the national figure and 17% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,231 a month, 12.4% below the national figure, or roughly $14,772 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.3% 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 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 70.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Rifle city?: Rifle city has 10,466 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #67 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Rifle city?: Median household income in Rifle city is $80,629 a year, 2.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rifle city?: Median gross rent is $1,231 a month and the median home value is $377,900, so rent absorbs about 18.3% of median household income.
Is Rifle city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rifle city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rifle city 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.