Basalt vs Edwards

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

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

Edwards has the higher population (10,415 vs 3,995 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median household income ($106,000 vs $90,735 in Edwards). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $747,700 in Edwards).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Edwards
Population	3,995	10,415
Median age	43.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$90,735
Median home value	$1,148,100	$747,700
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,885
Housing units	2,143	5,447
Homeownership rate	58.2%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Edwards
Population	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)	9,350 → 10,415 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)	$77,459 → $90,735 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)	$682,000 → $747,700 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)	$1,540 → $1,885 (+22.4%)

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

Edwards

Population

9,35010,415

Median household income

$77,459$90,735

Median home value

$682,000$747,700

Median gross rent

$1,540$1,885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Edwards
Under 5	3.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	20.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.2%	7.8%
75 and over	7.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Edwards
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	60.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Edwards
No high school diploma	0.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	4.2%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Edwards
Drove alone	68.5%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.5%
Public transit	7.7%	1.3%
Walked	5.2%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	18.9%
Other means	1.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Edwards
1-unit, detached	53.0%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	22.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	17.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Edwards
Poverty rate	4.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1995	1996