Poncha Springs vs Smeltertown

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

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

Poncha Springs has the higher population (842 vs 127 in Smeltertown). Smeltertown has the higher median household income ($135,580 vs $94,028 in Poncha Springs). Since 2019, Poncha Springs's population has grown faster (+38.7% vs -5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
Population	842	127
Median age	52.0 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,028	$135,580
Median home value	$475,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	529	43
Homeownership rate	91.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
Population	607 → 842 (+38.7%)	135 → 127 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$38,021 → $94,028 (+147.3%)	$77,083 → $135,580 (+75.9%)
Median home value	$267,000 → $475,600 (+78.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$828 → $1,188 (+43.5%)	—

Poncha Springs

Population

607842

Median household income

$38,021$94,028

Median home value

$267,000$475,600

Median gross rent

$828$1,188

Smeltertown

Population

135127

Median household income

$77,083$135,580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.4%	36.2%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	44.9%
35 to 44	23.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.4%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	9.6%	7.4%
Some college or associate's	55.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
Drove alone	74.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
1-unit, detached	76.4%	14.0%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	86.0%

Poverty & households

	Poncha Springs	Smeltertown
Poverty rate	2.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.78	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	2001	1986