Basalt vs Eagle

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

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

Eagle has the higher population (7,479 vs 3,995 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median household income ($106,000 vs $103,850 in Eagle). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $693,600 in Eagle).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Eagle
Population	3,995	7,479
Median age	43.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$103,850
Median home value	$1,148,100	$693,600
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,706
Housing units	2,143	2,701
Homeownership rate	58.2%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Eagle
Population	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)	6,856 → 7,479 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)	$97,806 → $103,850 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)	$532,800 → $693,600 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)	$1,427 → $1,706 (+19.6%)

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

Eagle

Population

6,8567,479

Median household income

$97,806$103,850

Median home value

$532,800$693,600

Median gross rent

$1,427$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Eagle
Under 5	3.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	20.2%	19.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.2%	7.9%
75 and over	7.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Eagle
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	31.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Eagle
No high school diploma	0.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	4.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Eagle
Drove alone	68.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.6%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Eagle
1-unit, detached	53.0%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	12.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Eagle
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1995	1999