Palisade is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,587 people and two associated neighborhoods, Palisade is the 128th largest community in Colorado.

Also of interest is that Palisade has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 22.58% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Palisade is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Palisade, the average commute to work is 32.56 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The percentage of people in Palisade who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.37% of adults in Palisade have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Palisade in 2022 was $37,113, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,452 for a family of four. However, Palisade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Palisade is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Palisade home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Palisade residents report their race to be White. Palisade also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.95% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Palisade include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Welsh.

The most common language spoken in Palisade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.