Silver Plume vs St. Mary's

A side-by-side comparison of Silver Plume and St. Mary's: population, income, housing, and more.

Silver Plume and St. Mary's 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 130 in St. Mary's). St. Mary's has the higher median household income ($78,854 vs $51,458 in Silver Plume). Silver Plume has the higher median home value ($477,300 vs $406,900 in St. Mary's).

Population, income & housing

	Silver Plume	St. Mary's
Population	206	130
Median age	53.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$78,854
Median home value	$477,300	$406,900
Median gross rent	$966	—
Housing units	162	231
Homeownership rate	69.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Silver Plume	St. Mary's
Population	169 → 206 (+21.9%)	620 → 130 (-79.0%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $51,458 (-21.6%)	$78,143 → $78,854 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$257,800 → $477,300 (+85.1%)	$235,500 → $406,900 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $966 (+17.1%)	—

Silver Plume

Population

169206

Median household income

$65,625$51,458

Median home value

$257,800$477,300

Median gross rent

$825$966

St. Mary's

Population

620130

Median household income

$78,143$78,854

Median home value

$235,500$406,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Silver Plume	St. Mary's
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	31.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	20.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	32.3%
45 to 54	18.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.3%	5.4%
65 to 74	38.8%	10.0%
75 and over	1.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Silver Plume	St. Mary's
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Silver Plume	St. Mary's
Drove alone	78.0%	61.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	28.9%
Public transit	4.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Silver Plume	St. Mary's
1-unit, detached	78.4%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Silver Plume	St. Mary's
Poverty rate	18.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1938	1980