The population of Montrose county is estimated at 41,160. In 2017 there were 447 births and 434 deaths in Montrose county. Montrose county has 7,506 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,419 that are owned free and clear and 4,559 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Montrose County filed 18,740 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Colorado filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Montrose had a combined total federal tax liability of $125,804,000 on earned income of $938,396,000. Other notable statistics from Montrose County were 880 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,755,000 and 3,220 charitable contributions valued at $16,727,000. 3,860 filings from Montrose County paid a combined total of $6,677,000 in property taxes and 3,220 filings paid $26,882,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Montrose county had 59 religious congregations with an estimated 11,248 members.
23.4% of the Montrose population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 51% of Montrose County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 2,016 votes.
At $51,031 the median income is 73.8% of the Colorado average. An estimated 691 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Montrose, the equivalant of around 3.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Montrose County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,338	Health care and social assistance
2,152	Retail trade
1,167	Manufacturing
1,007	Accommodation and food services
947	Ambulatory health care services
917	Food services and drinking places
902	Restaurants and other eating places
536	Full-service restaurants
508	General merchandise stores
450	Food and beverage stores
438	Professional, scientific, and technical services
434	Transportation and warehousing
378	Grocery stores
378	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
368	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.72% in Montrose County.

In 2018 11.30% of listings in Montrose County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 81401 and 81403) dropped their price.

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