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Battlement Mesa, Colorado.

A community in Garfield County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Garfield County’s.

Living in Battlement Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado

Battlement Mesa, in Garfield County, had 5,438 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $76,152 a year and half less, against $91,131 across Garfield County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Garfield County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Garfield County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 5,438 in the 2020 census; median age 33.6
Household income $76,152 the median, give or take $16,297 · Garfield County: $91,131
Unemployment 3.6% Garfield County, August 2026; 2.8% a year before
Homes 70% lived in by their owners; 30% rented
  • 2,317households
  • 30%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 44 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What people in Garfield County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Building trades14%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Other services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Garfield County had 27,898 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 36° and 12°; warmest in July, 89° and 54° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 89° 54° A S O N D 36° 12°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 36° and 12°; warmest in July, 89° and 54° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 89° 54° A S O N D 36° 12°

Coldest in December, with highs near 36° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 54°. About 60 inches of snow and 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Collbran 1WSW weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Garfield County

  1. Colorado Mountain CollegeUniversity or college1,030
  2. Valley View HospitalGeneral hospital1,027FTE
  3. Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1School district776FTE
  4. Garfield School District No. Re-2School district731FTE
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters264
  6. Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer225
  7. Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge & PoolHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities201
  8. Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of GarfiSchool district187FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 47 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,517 people in all across the county; Battlement Mesa has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LandslidesVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. WildfireRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. AvalanchesRelatively moderate
  6. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Battlement Mesa’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Garfield County.