Pierce is a city of 1,201 people in Colorado. Owners hold 84% of the housing stock. That trails the Colorado median by roughly 36%. Growth has run 36% since 2000, or 317 more people. The poverty rate is 3.0%, under the national 12.5%. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $61,250, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 77%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Pierce
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$109,203 → $330,400(+203%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share28.0% → 23.7%(−4.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Poverty rate16.5% → 3.0%(−13.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
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)37.3%(28)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8%(6)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era50.7%(38)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 75 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
Pierce, decade by decade
Pierce 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
825
$59,762
$109,203
9.4%
51.3
2000
884
$67,299
$186,902
7.4%
44.0
2010
834
$72,828
$201,688
13.9%
48.4
2020
1,097
$83,911
$299,252
17.6%
57.8
2024
1,201
$61,250
$330,400
27.3%
56.4
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.
