† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupFruitaColoradoUnited States
German24.0%17.9%12.5%
English17.0%12.6%9.5%
Irish14.0%11.2%9.4%
Italian5.7%4.9%4.8%
American4.2%3.5%5.3%
Scottish3.6%2.5%1.3%
French2.9%2.0%1.6%
Dutch2.6%——
Mexican5.3%15.8%11.3%
Spanish0.9%1.2%—
Spaniard0.4%1.0%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.7%1.8%
Navajo0.3%0.1%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Fruita
Colorado
United States
Median age
41.5
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
4.6%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.1%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Fruita
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$87,184
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.1%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.6%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Fruita
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.4%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
11.1%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Fruita
Colorado
United States
Catholic
—
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Fruita, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−42.6%
2008
−36.8%
2012
−41.5%
2016
−44.9%
2020
−36.9%
2024
−29.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
34.0%Harris2,899
63.7%Trump5,429
2.3%
R+29.7
D+7.2
R+28.2
8,522
R
30.7%Biden2,551
67.7%Trump5,613
1.6%
R+36.9
D+8.0
R+41.4
8,297
R
23.9%Clinton1,712
68.8%Trump4,934
7.3%
R+44.9
R+3.4
R+47.0
7,171
R
28.1%Obama1,824
69.6%Romney4,515
2.2%
R+41.5
R+4.7
R+45.4
6,484
R
30.7%Obama1,843
67.5%McCain4,050
1.8%
R+36.8
D+5.9
R+44.0
6,004
R
28.0%Kerry1,491
70.6%Bush3,757
1.3%
R+42.6
—
R+40.2
5,318
Fruita sits at the edge of Colorado National Monument in reliably Republican Mesa County, where extractive-industry employment and a fast-growing outdoor-recreation economy are reshaping the electorate in real time.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 44.9 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.7 points.
A population of 13,691, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,184 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Orchard Mesa and Asbury Lake.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Fruita, Colorado voted Republican by 29.7 points (R+29.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,522 votes cast, 2,899 went Democratic and 5,429 went Republican.
How many people live in Fruita, Colorado?
Fruita, Colorado has a population of 13,691 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fruita, Colorado?
Median household income in Fruita, Colorado is $87,184 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Fruita, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Fruita, Colorado from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
