Erie is home to 33,808 people in Colorado. This is an unusually credentialed place: 70% of adults have a four-year degree. The population has more than tripled since 2000, adding 27,517 people. Households here earn about 82% more than in Colorado as a whole. Households take in $173,349 a year at the median, 111% more than the country as a whole. 88% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $173,349, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
70% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 63%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Erie
What changed most since 1990
Population1,263 → 33,808(+2,577%)US over the same years: +35%
Median home value (2024 dollars)$152,644 → $736,500(+382%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree16.0% → 69.6%(+53.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Erie's population equals 9.6% of Weld County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 2.3% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 2.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)40.4%(671)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)28.3%(470)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era17.9%(297)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.2%(36)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,661 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Erie, decade by decade
Erie population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,263
$73,502
$152,644
16.0%
47.4
2000
6,291
$140,475
$453,228
49.3%
35.8
2010
18,135
$144,271
$491,128
52.4%
35.9
2020
30,038
$150,875
$622,988
64.1%
47.3
2024
33,808
$173,349
$736,500
69.6%
48.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
