Blue Valley vs Silver Plume

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Valley and Silver Plume: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Valley and Silver Plume are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silver Plume has the higher population (206 vs 169 in Blue Valley). Blue Valley has the higher median household income ($78,387 vs $51,458 in Silver Plume). Since 2019, Silver Plume's population has grown faster (+21.9% vs -35.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
Population	169	206
Median age	63.9 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,387	$51,458
Median home value	—	$477,300
Median gross rent	—	$966
Housing units	95	162
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
Population	263 → 169 (-35.7%)	169 → 206 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$106,765 → $78,387 (-26.6%)	$65,625 → $51,458 (-21.6%)
Median home value	—	$257,800 → $477,300 (+85.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $966 (+17.1%)

Blue Valley

Population

263169

Median household income

$106,765$78,387

Silver Plume

Population

169206

Median household income

$65,625$51,458

Median home value

$257,800$477,300

Median gross rent

$825$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	2.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	6.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	26.0%	6.3%
65 to 74	47.9%	38.8%
75 and over	0.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
Drove alone	72.5%	78.0%
Carpooled	27.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Valley	Silver Plume
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.4%
Average household size	1.88	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1992	1938