Avon vs Basalt

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and Basalt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avon has the higher population (6,057 vs 3,995 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median household income ($106,000 vs $85,364 in Avon). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $689,000 in Avon).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Basalt
Population	6,057	3,995
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,364	$106,000
Median home value	$689,000	$1,148,100
Median gross rent	$2,132	$2,188
Housing units	4,360	2,143
Homeownership rate	46.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Basalt
Population	6,539 → 6,057 (-7.4%)	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$76,303 → $85,364 (+11.9%)	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$477,900 → $689,000 (+44.2%)	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,401 → $2,132 (+52.2%)	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)

Avon

Population

6,5396,057

Median household income

$76,303$85,364

Median home value

$477,900$689,000

Median gross rent

$1,401$2,132

Basalt

Population

3,8473,995

Median household income

$81,038$106,000

Median home value

$648,200$1,148,100

Median gross rent

$2,155$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Basalt
Under 5	6.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	24.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	20.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	2.6%	16.2%
75 and over	2.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Basalt
White (non-Hispanic)	59.8%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Basalt
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	19.2%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	42.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Basalt
Drove alone	69.8%	68.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.1%
Public transit	9.9%	7.7%
Walked	2.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Basalt
1-unit, detached	19.3%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	13.6%
20 or more units	37.1%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Basalt
Poverty rate	12.1%	4.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1992	1995