Population -
11,750**
Year Incorporated -
1874
Elevation -
6,020 feet
Size -
Approximately 7 square miles
Median annual family
income - $77,114*
Median age -
32.5*
Median cost to buy a
single-family home - $296,587**
Median cost to buy an attached dwelling -
Either there are no
attached dwellings in these areas or there were too few sales to provide
accurate data.
Ethnic/racial makeup
- 89.7 percent Caucasian; 11
percent Hispanic or Latino; 2.7 percent Asian; 0.7 percent American Indian;
0.4 percent African American; 0.03 percent Asian/Pacific Islander*
City name derived
from - The Rev. Richard Van
Valkenburg, a Methodist pastor, named the town after his hometown, Erie, PA.
* 2000 Census
** 2005
