Basalt vs Dotsero

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

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

Basalt has the higher population (3,995 vs 1,321 in Dotsero). Basalt has the higher median household income ($106,000 vs $93,000 in Dotsero). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $471,600 in Dotsero).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Dotsero
Population	3,995	1,321
Median age	43.6 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$93,000
Median home value	$1,148,100	$471,600
Median gross rent	$2,188	—
Housing units	2,143	417
Homeownership rate	58.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Dotsero
Population	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)	899 → 1,321 (+46.9%)
Median household income	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)	$95,274 → $93,000 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)	$265,200 → $471,600 (+77.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)	—

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

Dotsero

Population

8991,321

Median household income

$95,274$93,000

Median home value

$265,200$471,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Dotsero
Under 5	3.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	26.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	15.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	20.2%	21.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	0.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	2.6%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Dotsero
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	19.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	77.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Dotsero
No high school diploma	0.8%	22.0%
High school graduate	4.2%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Dotsero
Drove alone	68.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	15.2%
Public transit	7.7%	3.8%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Dotsero
1-unit, detached	53.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Dotsero
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.7%
Average household size	2.16	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1995	2005