Downieville-Lawson-Dumont vs Silver Plume

A side-by-side comparison of Downieville-Lawson-Dumont and Silver Plume: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont has the higher population (478 vs 206 in Silver Plume). Downieville-Lawson-Dumont has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $51,458 in Silver Plume). Silver Plume has the higher median home value ($477,300 vs $366,000 in Downieville-Lawson-Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
Population	478	206
Median age	55.3 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$51,458
Median home value	$366,000	$477,300
Median gross rent	—	$966
Housing units	216	162
Homeownership rate	93.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
Population	543 → 478 (-12.0%)	169 → 206 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$46,010 → $68,214 (+48.3%)	$65,625 → $51,458 (-21.6%)
Median home value	$240,500 → $366,000 (+52.2%)	$257,800 → $477,300 (+85.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $966 (+17.1%)

Downieville-Lawson-Dumont

Population

543478

Median household income

$46,010$68,214

Median home value

$240,500$366,000

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)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	27.6%	18.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	6.3%
65 to 74	24.9%	38.8%
75 and over	11.3%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	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	33.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
No high school diploma	7.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
Drove alone	81.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
1-unit, detached	71.3%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	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	21.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Downieville-Lawson-Dumont	Silver Plume
Poverty rate	4.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1976	1938