Demographics of Clear Creek County, Colorado

Clear Creek County, Colorado had 8,994 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −364 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.

Clear Creek County, in four figures

8,994
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −3.9%
Change since July 2020: −364 people.; 49.1 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $94,577 ±$16,910
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.

Clear Creek County, Colorado's population shrank 3.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Clear Creek 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).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Clear Creek County, Colorado's population shrank 3.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Clear Creek 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	9,358	100.0	100.0
2021	9,403	100.5	100.2
2022	9,282	99.2	100.7
2023	9,078	97.0	101.6
2024	9,023	96.4	102.5
2025	8,994	96.1	103.1

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Population of Clear Creek 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	9,358	−6	−9	0	+6
2021	9,403	+45	−16	+3	+68
2022	9,282	−121	−37	+2	−80
2023	9,078	−204	−1	+5	−212
2024	9,023	−55	−14	+1	−40
2025	8,994	−29	−12	−1	−15

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 49.1 ±0.7: for men 48.0 ±2.1 and for women 50.9 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Clear Creek County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Under 5	254 ±22	2.7% ±0.2	5.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,116 ±191	12.0% ±2.1	15.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	481 ±142	5.2% ±1.5	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,359 ±214	25.5% ±2.3	30.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,950 ±239	31.9% ±2.6	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,102 ±343	22.7% ±3.7	15.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $94,577 ±$16,910, and income per person $66,540 ±$6,074, 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 Clear Creek County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Colorado	United States
Under $25,000	446 ±140	9.5% ±2.9	11.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	653 ±173	14.0% ±3.6	13.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	831 ±286	17.8% ±6.0	14.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	480 ±143	10.3% ±3.0	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	612 ±171	13.1% ±3.6	19.2% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	752 ±204	16.1% ±4.3	11.7% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	903 ±162	19.3% ±3.3	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 Clear Creek County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Colorado	United States
All ages	587 ±185	6.4% ±2.0	9.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	29 to 133	2.2% to 9.8%	11.1% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	295 ±135	6.0% ±2.7	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	105 to 317	3.6% to 10.8%	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 Clear Creek County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Clear Creek County	Colorado	United States
Housing units	5,814 ±23	2,589,053 ±653	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.4% ±4.7	91.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.6% ±4.7	8.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.6% ±3.1	66.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	18.4% ±4.0	33.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$608,500 ±$38,436	$539,400 ±$2,069	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,467 ±$159	$1,761 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±2	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 Clear Creek County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Hispanic or Latino	722 ±0	7.8% ±<0.1	22.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,943 ±80	85.8% ±0.9	64.8% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.2%	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	170 ±69	1.8% ±0.7	3.2% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	65 ±27	0.7% ±0.3	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	12 to 120	0.1% to 1.3%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	281 ±93	3.0% ±1.0	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 Clear Creek County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Born in the state	3,371 ±412	36.4% ±4.4	41.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,413 ±410	58.4% ±4.4	47.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	152 ±75	1.6% ±0.8	1.7% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	326 ±81	3.5% ±0.9	9.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	288 ±78	3.1% ±0.8	4.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	8 to 68	0.1% to 0.7%	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%.

Clear Creek County among the counties of Colorado

39th of 64 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Colorado page.

Counties of Colorado near Clear Creek County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Archuleta County	14,306	+6.6%
Moffat County	13,122	−1.1%
Prowers County	11,884	−1.1%
Rio Grande County	11,087	−3.9%
Yuma County	9,896	−0.8%
Clear Creek County	8,994	−3.9%
San Miguel County	7,753	−3.7%
Lake County	7,552	+1.9%
Conejos County	7,529	+1.0%
Kit Carson County	7,069	+0.1%
Huerfano County	7,011	+2.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Counties in Colorado by homeownership rate
No. 2 Counties in Colorado by per capita income
No. 4 Counties in Colorado by median household income
No. 7 Counties in Colorado by median age
No. 10 Counties in Colorado by median home value
No. 15 Counties by per capita income

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

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026