Demographics of Chaffee County, Colorado

Chaffee County, Colorado had 20,831 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,345 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Chaffee County, in four figures

20,831
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +6.9%
Change since July 2020: +1,345 people.; 48.7 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $84,132 ±$7,235
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Chaffee County, Colorado's population grew 6.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Chaffee County, Colorado's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Chaffee County, Colorado's population grew 6.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Chaffee County, Colorado's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	19,486	100.0	100.0
2021	19,731	101.3	100.2
2022	20,252	103.9	100.7
2023	20,596	105.7	101.6
2024	20,796	106.7	102.5
2025	20,831	106.9	103.1

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Population of Chaffee County, Colorado on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	19,486	+11	−32	0	+45
2021	19,731	+245	−21	+4	+273
2022	20,252	+521	−37	+11	+494
2023	20,596	+344	−37	+24	+343
2024	20,796	+200	−28	+17	+204
2025	20,831	+35	−22	+1	+55

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 48.7 ±0.8: for men 46.5 ±0.8 and for women 50.7 ±0.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Chaffee County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Under 5	714 ±52	3.5% ±0.3	5.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,090 ±284	10.4% ±1.4	15.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	875 ±320	4.3% ±1.6	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,527 ±518	27.4% ±2.6	30.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,665 ±406	28.1% ±2.0	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,307 ±501	26.3% ±2.5	15.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $84,132 ±$7,235, and income per person $48,535 ±$3,281, in 2024 dollars. The median is $95,470 ±$578 in Colorado and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Chaffee County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Colorado	United States
Under $25,000	1,152 ±305	11.7% ±3.1	11.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,710 ±367	17.3% ±3.7	13.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,610 ±370	16.3% ±3.7	14.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,411 ±335	14.3% ±3.4	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,504 ±325	15.2% ±3.3	19.2% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,462 ±278	14.8% ±2.8	11.7% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,014 ±265	10.3% ±2.7	17.0% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Chaffee County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Colorado	United States
All ages	1,558 ±431	8.3% ±2.3	9.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	65 to 325	2.4% to 11.5%	11.1% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	680 ±274	7.7% ±3.1	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	683 ±224	9.6% ±3.0	8.7% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Chaffee County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Chaffee County	Colorado	United States
Housing units	11,482 ±275	2,589,053 ±653	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.9% ±2.8	91.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.1% ±3.0	8.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	74.1% ±3.2	66.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	25.9% ±3.6	33.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$665,700 ±$24,286	$539,400 ±$2,069	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,611 ±$249	$1,761 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1993 ±4	1988 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Chaffee County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,983 ±0	9.8% ±<0.1	22.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	16,995 ±116	84.2% ±0.6	64.8% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	243 ±90	1.2% ±0.4	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	36 to 180	0.2% to 0.9%	3.2% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	9 to 67	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	7 to 67	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 140	0% to 0.7%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	720 ±144	3.6% ±0.7	4.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Chaffee County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Born in the state	7,804 ±674	38.7% ±3.3	41.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	11,684 ±687	57.9% ±3.4	47.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	75 to 315	0.4% to 1.6%	1.7% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	495 ±196	2.5% ±1.0	9.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	87 to 341	0.4% to 1.7%	4.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	127 to 435	0.6% to 2.2%	5.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Chaffee County among the counties of Colorado

25th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Colorado page.

Counties of Colorado near Chaffee County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Elbert County	30,534	+16.5%
Morgan County	30,306	+4.2%
Montezuma County	26,678	+3.0%
Routt County	25,329	+2.0%
Teller County	24,756	< +0.1%
Chaffee County	20,831	+6.9%
Logan County	20,654	−2.7%
Park County	18,314	+5.1%
Otero County	17,683	−5.2%
Gunnison County	17,439	+2.9%
Alamosa County	16,688	+1.9%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026