Demographics of Fruita city, Colorado

Fruita city, Colorado had 14,003 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +573 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Fruita city, in four figures

14,003
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 13,691 ±23.; +4.3%
Change since July 2020: +573 people.; 41.5 ±3.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $87,184 ±$3,356
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Fruita city, Colorado's population grew 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Fruita city, 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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The figures

Fruita city, Colorado's population grew 4.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Fruita city, 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	13,430	100.0	100.0
2021	13,567	101.0	100.2
2022	13,771	102.5	100.7
2023	13,827	103.0	101.6
2024	13,930	103.7	102.5
2025	14,003	104.3	103.1

Population of Fruita city, Colorado on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	13,430	—
2021	13,567	+137
2022	13,771	+204
2023	13,827	+56
2024	13,930	+103
2025	14,003	+73

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.5 ±3.0: for men 40.3 ±7.4 and for women 42.3 ±2.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Fruita city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Under 5	779 ±283	5.7% ±2.1	5.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,977 ±528	21.7% ±3.9	15.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	624 ±278	4.6% ±2.0	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,418 ±491	25.0% ±3.6	30.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,269 ±501	23.9% ±3.7	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,624 ±444	19.2% ±3.2	15.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $87,184 ±$3,356, and income per person $40,059 ±$3,119, 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 Fruita city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Colorado	United States
Under $25,000	598 ±239	11.3% ±4.5	11.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	833 ±265	15.8% ±4.9	13.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	702 ±217	13.3% ±4.0	14.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,105 ±230	21.0% ±4.2	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	978 ±281	18.5% ±5.2	19.2% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	506 ±211	9.6% ±4.0	11.7% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	551 ±153	10.4% ±2.8	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 Fruita city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Colorado	United States
All ages	555 ±254	4.1% ±1.9	9.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 170	0% to 4.5%	11.1% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	14 to 236	0.2% to 3.5%	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	175 to 531	11.4% ±5.3	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 Fruita city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fruita city	Colorado	United States
Housing units	5,455 ±351	2,589,053 ±653	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.7% ±8.7	91.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	0.5% to 6.2%	8.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	79.9% ±5.5	66.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	20.1% ±5.1	33.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$398,200 ±$20,576	$539,400 ±$2,069	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,472 ±$340	$1,761 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1999 ±3	1988 ±1	1980 ±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%.

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 Fruita city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,145 ±418	8.4% ±3.1	22.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	11,609 ±447	84.8% ±3.3	64.8% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	5 to 329	< 0.1% to 2.4%	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 119	0% to 0.9%	3.2% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 84	0% to 0.6%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	15 to 227	0.1% to 1.7%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	265 to 843	1.9% to 6.2%	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 Fruita city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Born in the state	7,148 ±732	52.2% ±5.3	41.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,350 ±729	46.4% ±5.3	47.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 181	0% to 1.3%	1.7% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	20 to 204	0.1% to 1.5%	9.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	10 to 130	0.1% to 0.9%	4.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 115	0% to 0.8%	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%.

Fruita city among the places of Colorado

52nd of 113 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Colorado page.

Places of Colorado near Fruita city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Welby CDP	16,197 ±1,326
Black Forest CDP	15,738 ±1,416
Greenwood Village city	15,420 ±52
Lone Tree city	14,147 ±32
Federal Heights city	14,125 ±28
Fruita city	13,691 ±23
Steamboat Springs city	13,433 ±20
Castle Pines city	13,388 ±41
Superior town	13,305 ±67
Sterling city	13,172 ±23
Berthoud town	12,411 ±187

Rankings this appears in

No. 5 Places in Colorado by median age
No. 17 Places in Colorado by homeownership rate
No. 40 Places in Colorado by median rent
No. 47 Places in Colorado by median household income
No. 47 Places in Colorado by poverty rate
No. 59 Places in Colorado by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — 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 — incorporated places and New England towns 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