Redlands, Colorado

Redlands, Colorado
Census-designated place
The northern part of Redlands in 2020 The northern part of Redlands in 2020
Location in Mesa County, Colorado Location in Mesa County, Colorado
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Coordinates: 39°05′21″N 108°39′34″W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Mesa County
Government
• Type	unincorporated community
Area
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Population  (2020)
• Total	9,061
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Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	81507 (Grand Junction)
Area code(s)	970
GNIS feature	2409153

Redlands is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Mesa County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Redlands CDP was 9,061 at the 2020 census. The Grand Junction post office (ZIP Code 81507) serves the area.

Geography

Redlands is in central Mesa County, lying on the southwest side of the Colorado River between the city of Grand Junction to the east and the city of Fruita to the northwest.

The Redlands CDP has an area of 13.4 square miles (35 km²), including 0.54 square miles (1.40 km²) of water (4.0% of the CDP area).

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Redlands CDP for the 1990 United States census. Template:Historical populations

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Redlands had a population of 9,061. The median age was 50.9 years. 20.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 28.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.9 males age 18 and over.

96.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 3.1% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,631 households in Redlands, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 65.3% were married-couple households, 12.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 17.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 3,823 housing units, of which 5.0% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.6%.

Racial composition as of the 2020 census

Race	Number	Percent
White	8,024	88.6%
Black or African American	28	0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	38	0.4%
Asian	104	1.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	4	0.0%
Some other race	123	1.4%
Two or more races	740	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	640	7.1%

See also

• List of statistical areas in Colorado
• Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

External links

• Mesa County website