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Grand Valley, CO mapPopulation (year 2000): 5,107
Males: 2,520  (49.3%)
Females: 2,587  (50.7%)

Garfield County

Median resident age:  37.7 years
Colorado median age:  34.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $37,200 (it was $37,159 in 2000)
Grand Valley  $37,200
Colorado:  $50,652

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $168,400 (it was $144,300 in 2000)
Grand Valley  $168,400
Colorado:  $223,300

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Races in Grand Valley:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.3%)
  • Hispanic (9.4%)
  • Other race (2.8%)
  • Two or more races (2.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 5834 feet

Land area: 1284.2 square miles.

Population density: 4.0 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Grand Valley

  • High school or higher: 86.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.9%
  • Unemployed: 6.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 32.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Grand Valley CCD

  • Never married: 15.5%
  • Now married: 66.0%
  • Separated: 2.1%
  • Widowed: 4.8%
  • Divorced: 13.8%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.4%
Colorado:  8.6%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Grand Valley:  0.5% ($775)
Colorado:  0.7% ($1,132)
Grand Valley satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Boulder, CO (206.5 miles , pop. 94,673).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northeast Jefferson, CO (214.9 miles , pop. 450,166).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (493.4 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Parachute, CO (14.0 miles ), De Beque, CO (15.2 miles ), Battlement Mesa, CO (15.6 miles ), Collbran, CO (28.2 miles ), Rifle, CO (30.7 miles ), Palisade, CO (31.9 miles ), Fruitvale, CO (36.3 miles ), Clifton, CO (36.6 miles ).

Latitude: 39.55 N, Longitude: 108.23 W


25 people in nursing homes



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (30%)
  • Mining (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Food and beverage stores (10%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
  • Social assistance (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)


Birthplace of: Willard Frank Libby - (1908-1980), physicist and chemist, inventor of radiocarbon dating.


Hospitals/medical centers near Grand Valley:
  • CLAGETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; RIFLE, CO)
  • PIONEERS HOSPITAL OF RIO BLANCO (about 40 miles; MEEKER, CO)
  • ST MARYS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER (about 41 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Grand Valley:
  • WALKER FIELD (about 36 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; ID: GJT)
  • MONTROSE REGIONAL (about 77 miles; MONTROSE, CO; ID: MTJ)
  • EAGLE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 91 miles; EAGLE, CO; ID: EGE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Grand Valley:
  • GARFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL (about 36 miles; RIFLE, CO; ID: RIL)
  • MEEKER (about 41 miles; MEEKER, CO; ID: EEO)
  • MACK MESA (about 48 miles; MACK, CO; ID: C07)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Grand Valley:
  • MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 42 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Full-time enrollment: 4,415)
  • COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (about 63 miles; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 3,400)
  • WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 107 miles; GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)
  • FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 158 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT enrollment: 4,051)
  • SAN JUAN COLLEGE (about 191 miles; FARMINGTON, NM; FT enrollment: 2,837)
  • UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER (about 201 miles; BOULDER, CO; FT enrollment: 25,355)
  • COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 201 miles; Fort Collins, CO; FT enrollment: 22,684)

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Notable locations in Grand Valley: Roan Creek Community Center (A), Altenbern Ranch (B), Square S Ranch (C), U C Cow Camp (D), Battlement Cow Camp (E), Young Ranch (F), Cuddy Ranch (G), Hill Cow Camp (H), Parachute Fire Department (I), Parachute Town Hall (J), Parachute Branch Library (K), Parachute Police Department (L). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Russey-Hurlburt Cemetery (1), Battlement Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: McAndrews Lake (A), Battlement Number 1 Reservoir (B), Battlement Number 2 Reservoir (C), Battlement Number 3 Reservoir (D), Battlement Number 4 Reservoir (E), Battlement Number 5 Reservoir (F), Battlement Number 6 Reservoir (G), Battlement Reservoirs (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Alkali Creek (A), Allenwater Creek (B), Wolf Creek (C), Yellowjacket Creek (D), Battlement Creek (E), Bear Creek (F), Bear Park Creek (G), Bear Run (H), Ben Good Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
Colorado:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  41.8%
Whole state:  65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.3%
Whole state:  5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  7.1%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.4%
Whole state:  4.1%

Grand Valley compared to Colorado state average:
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Garfield County Colorado:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

11.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,296 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  11.79%
Colorado average:  10.77%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Eagle County, CO  1.02% ($71,077 average AGI)
from Mesa County, CO  0.90% ($36,248)
from Pitkin County, CO  0.71% ($92,299)


9.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,305 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.18%
Colorado average:  10.03%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($374 average AGI)
Garfield County:  0.07%
Colorado average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Mesa County, CO  1.51% ($48,260 average AGI)
to Eagle County, CO  0.59% ($64,211)
to Pitkin County, CO  0.39% ($34,306)


Strongest AM radio stations in Grand Valley:
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KJOL (620 AM; 10 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: UNITED MINISTRIES)
  • KRGS (690 AM; 1 kW; RIFLE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • KUBC (580 AM; 5 kW; MONTROSE, CO; Owner: WOODLAND COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KRAI (550 AM; 5 kW; CRAIG, CO; Owner: WILD WEST RADIO, INC.)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
  • KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KTWO (1030 AM; 50 kW; CASPER, WY; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KKOB (770 AM; 50 kW; ALBUQUERQUE, NM; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Grand Valley:
  • KZKS (105.3 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
  • K256AD (99.1 FM; PALISADE, CO; Owner: NORTH FORK VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • K205CK (88.9 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • K214CA (90.7 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • K210CE (89.9 FM; MESA, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • K276AI (103.1 FM; RIFLE, CO; Owner: MBC GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KAYW (98.1 FM; MEEKER, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
  • KDNK (90.5 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: CARBONDALE COMM. ACCESS RADIO, INC.)
  • KKCH (92.7 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: AGM-ROCKY MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING I, L.L.C.)
  • K247AD (97.3 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: PITKIN COUNTY TRANSLATOR)
  • KRVG (95.5 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
  • KLXV (91.9 FM; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KZKS-FM2 (105.3 FM; CARBONDALE, CO; Owner: WESTERN SLOPE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C)
  • KJYE (92.3 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KEKB (99.9 FM; FRUITA, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KKNN (95.1 FM; DELTA, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KBKL (107.9 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KMXY (104.3 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KMGJ (93.1 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M.B.C. GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KMOZ-FM (100.7 FM; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: MBC GRAND BROADCASTING INC)

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