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Population (year 2000): 6,784. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,038 (+18.5% change)
Males: 3,493 (51.5%), Females: 3,291 (48.5%)
Garfield County
Zip code:
81650
Median resident age: 30.9 years
Median household income: $42,734 (year 2000)
Median house value: $144,600 (year 2000)
Races in Rifle:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.5%)
- Hispanic (16.3%)
- Other race (4.7%)
- Two or more races (2.3%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (21.2%), Irish (16.1%),
English (14.5%), United States (5.8%), Italian (4.8%), French
(4.6%).
Elevation: 5345 feet
Land area: 4.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rifle
- High school or higher: 85.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
- Unemployed: 3.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rifle city
- Never married: 22.8%
- Now married: 55.4%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 5.7%
- Divorced: 14.1%
7.2% Foreign born (6.8% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,285 (+23.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Rifle:
- CLAGETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (707 EAST FIFTH ST
BOX 72)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Rifle:
- VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSN (about 32 miles; GLENWOOD
SPRINGS, CO)
- PIONEERS HOSPITAL OF RIO BLANCO (about 37 miles;
MEEKER, CO)
- DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 59 miles;
DELTA, CO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rifle:
- WALKER FIELD (about 59 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO;
ID: GJT)
- EAGLE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 61 miles; EAGLE, CO;
ID: EGE)
- ASPEN-PITKIN CO/SARDY FIELD (about 68 miles; ASPEN,
CO; ID: ASE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rifle:
- GARFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL (about 5 miles; RIFLE, CO;
ID: RIL)
- GLENWOOD SPRINGS MUNI (about 34 miles; GLENWOOD
SPRINGS, CO; ID: GWS)
- MEEKER (about 35 miles; MEEKER, CO; ID: EEO)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rifle:
- COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (about 32 miles; GLENWOOD
SPRINGS, CO; Full-time enrollment: 3,400)
- MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 62 miles; GRAND JUNCTION,
CO; FT enrollment: 4,415)
- WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 82 miles;
GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)
- FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 155 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT
enrollment: 4,051)
- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER (about 171 miles;
BOULDER, CO; FT enrollment: 25,355)
- COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 173 miles; Fort
Collins, CO; FT enrollment: 22,684)
- COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (about 180 miles; GOLDEN,
CO; FT enrollment: 3,183)
Public high school in Rifle:
- RIFLE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 920; Location:
1350 PREFONTAINE AVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Rifle:
- RIFLE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 689; Location:
200 WEST 6TH; Grades: 05 - 08)
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 494;
Location: 1500 EAST 7TH STREET; Grades: PK - 04)
- WAMSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 438;
Location: 225 EAST 30TH STREET; Grades: PK - 04)
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