Demographics of Rifle city, Colorado

Rifle city, Colorado had 10,844 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +408 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Rifle city, in four figures

10,844
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,570 ±28.; +3.9%
Change since July 2020: +408 people.; 32.4 ±2.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $80,000 ±$8,596
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.

Rifle city, Colorado's population grew 3.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Rifle 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

Rifle city, Colorado's population grew 3.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Rifle 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	10,436	100.0	100.0
2021	10,512	100.7	100.2
2022	10,579	101.4	100.7
2023	10,641	102.0	101.6
2024	10,756	103.1	102.5
2025	10,844	103.9	103.1

Population of Rifle city, Colorado on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,436	—
2021	10,512	+76
2022	10,579	+67
2023	10,641	+62
2024	10,756	+115
2025	10,844	+88

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 32.4 ±2.4: for men 33.1 ±2.3 and for women 31.0 ±4.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Rifle city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Under 5	806 ±273	7.6% ±2.6	5.3% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,101 ±487	19.9% ±4.6	15.7% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,244 ±312	11.8% ±2.9	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,005 ±421	28.4% ±4.0	30.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,399 ±405	22.7% ±3.8	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,015 ±247	9.6% ±2.3	15.6% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $80,000 ±$8,596, and income per person $35,697 ±$3,870, 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 Rifle city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Colorado	United States
Under $25,000	492 ±200	13.0% ±5.2	11.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	708 ±267	18.7% ±6.9	13.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	563 ±217	14.8% ±5.6	14.6% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	543 ±178	14.3% ±4.6	12.8% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	986 ±260	26.0% ±6.6	19.2% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	249 ±119	6.6% ±3.1	11.7% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	108 to 402	2.9% to 10.6%	17.0% ±0.2	13.4% ±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%.

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 Rifle city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Colorado	United States
All ages	307 to 935	3.0% to 9.1%	9.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 157	0% to 5.7%	11.1% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	208 to 784	3.5% to 12.9%	9.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3 to 109	0.3% to 7.0%	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 Rifle city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Rifle city	Colorado	United States
Housing units	3,968 ±288	2,589,053 ±653	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.7% ±9.8	91.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	1.6% to 7.0%	8.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	66.4% ±6.1	66.2% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	33.6% ±6.6	33.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$413,500 ±$23,727	$539,400 ±$2,069	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,308 ±$145	$1,761 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1991 ±4	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 Rifle city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,225 ±610	49.4% ±5.8	22.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,966 ±574	47.0% ±5.4	64.8% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 44	0% to 0.4%	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2 to 132	< 0.1% to 1.2%	3.2% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	11 to 75	0.1% to 0.7%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.2%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	23 to 471	0.2% to 4.5%	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 Rifle city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Colorado	United States
Born in the state	4,948 ±634	46.8% ±6.0	41.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,422 ±445	32.4% ±4.2	47.2% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 568	0% to 5.4%	1.7% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,931 ±562	18.3% ±5.3	9.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,039 ±374	9.8% ±3.5	4.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	892 ±381	8.4% ±3.6	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%.

Rifle city among the places of Colorado

65th 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 Rifle city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Monument town	11,735 ±44
Fort Morgan city	11,605 ±20
Berkley CDP	10,789 ±1,150
Edwards CDP	10,785 ±1,041
Cherry Creek CDP	10,721 ±896
Rifle city	10,570 ±28
Glenwood Springs city	10,241 ±25
Severance town	10,130 ±25
Gunbarrel CDP	10,051 ±911
Fairmount CDP	9,902 ±963
Alamosa city	9,879 ±34

Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Places in Colorado by foreign-born share
No. 5 Places in Colorado by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 42 Places in Colorado by homeownership rate
No. 47 Places in Colorado by median household income
No. 62 Places in Colorado by median age
No. 67 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

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