Moving to Erie, Colorado

About Erie, Colorado
Erie

The Town of Erie is a Home Rule Town located in Weld and Boulder counties, Colorado, United States. The town population was 30,038 at the 2020 United States census, a +65.64% increase since the 2010 United States Census. At the 2020 census, 17,387 (58%) Erie residents lived in Weld County and 12,651 (42%) lived in Boulder County. Erie is a part of the Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Erie is located just west of Interstate 25, with easy access to Interstate 70, Denver International Airport and Colorado's entire Front Range. Erie's Planning Area spans 48 square miles (120 km2), extending from the north side of State Highway 52 south to State Highway 7, and between US 287 on the west and Interstate 25 to the east. Erie is approximately 35 minutes from Denver International Airport, 25 minutes from Denver and 20 minutes from Boulder.

The town was named after Erie, Pennsylvania, the former home of early settler Richard Van Valkenburg.

Gender
Gender Erie Colorado Country
Female 51.5% 49.7% 50.8%
Male 48.5% 50.3% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.052%49%Female51.5%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.02%1%2%4%5%9%11%27%20%19%$100K to $150K27.3%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Erie Colorado Country
Less than $10,000 2.1% 4.5% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 1.3% 3.1% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 1.5% 6.6% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 4.3% 7.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 4.9% 11% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 9.1% 17.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10.6% 13.6% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 27.3% 18.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 19.5% 8.7% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 19.4% 9.6% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.00%2%10%18%6%36%20%3%5%Bachelor Degree36%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Erie Colorado Country
< 9th Grade 0% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 2% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 10% 21% 27.0%
Other College 18% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 6% 9% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 36% 26% 20.0%
Master's Degree 20% 11% 9.0%
Professional Degree 3% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 5% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
 Erie Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K2.14.55.81.33.14.11.56.68.54.37.28.64.911129.117.417.210.613.612.827.318.215.619.58.77.119.49.68.3
Education
 Erie Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade03525710212718212069936262020119322521
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.082%0%0%6%10%0%2%0%White82.2%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Erie Colorado Country
White 82.2% 67.5% 60.1%
African American 0.2% 3.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 5.5% 3.1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 2.1% 2.9% 2.8%
Hispanic 9.6% 21.7% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Erie Colorado  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0022.54567.590Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite82.267.560.10.23.912.20.10.50.65.53.15.600.10.20.20.20.32.12.92.89.621.718.2