Nathrop vs Smeltertown

A side-by-side comparison of Nathrop and Smeltertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Nathrop and Smeltertown are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Smeltertown has the higher population (127 vs 111 in Nathrop). Smeltertown has the higher median household income ($135,580 vs $28,514 in Nathrop). Since 2019, Smeltertown's population has grown faster (-5.9% vs -53.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
Population	111	127
Median age	63.0 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,514	$135,580
Housing units	203	43
Homeownership rate	100.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	31.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
Population	240 → 111 (-53.8%)	135 → 127 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$48,902 → $28,514 (-41.7%)	$77,083 → $135,580 (+75.9%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $263,800 (+20.8%)	—

Nathrop

Population

240111

Median household income

$48,902$28,514

Median home value

$218,400$263,800

Smeltertown

Population

135127

Median household income

$77,083$135,580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	36.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	38.7%	44.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	26.1%	9.4%
65 to 74	35.1%	9.4%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	15.3%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
Drove alone	61.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	38.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
1-unit, detached	35.0%	14.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	65.0%	86.0%

Poverty & households

	Nathrop	Smeltertown
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.21	2.95
Median year structure built	2002	1986