2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Lake City, CO vs Delta, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Delta, is 15% less than it is in Lake City and is 55% below the National Average.
- Lake City unemployment rate is 7.3%.
- Delta unemployment rate is 6.6%.
 Lake City, CODelta, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock6.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock4.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth43.1%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.9%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$35,131  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$44,551$69,021
 Family Median Income$46,765  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Lake City, CODelta, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock14.9%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K4.3%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock9.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K25.8%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock10.7%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K12.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock10.3%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K7.7%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock11.1%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K6.0%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock3.8%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Lake City, CODelta, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance13.6%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services5.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.5%1.2%
 Education, library9.1%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.2%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology1.4%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock6.0%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement4.5%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance19.5%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support11.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair10.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock14.7%13.1%
Reviews for Lake City    1 Reviews

Though Lake City is currently weathering the economic miasma far better than the nathional averages in median home price, unemployment, and twice the national average  More

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Reviews for Delta    10 Reviews

35 year resident....While I find the reviews constructive, I'm a bit confused and rumoured by the, "nothing to do" crowd. Me thinks some would go to New York City,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived in numerous cities and states big cities as well as small communities but Delta by far is the worst No I'm not looking for a parade everyday and monkeys  More

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Over 10 years ago

Delta is a lovely farming community. People are nice and there is a wonderful state of the art community center (BHRC) that has excellent health and fitness equipment.   More

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