Basalt vs El Jebel

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

Basalt and El Jebel 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 3,935 in El Jebel). Basalt has the higher median household income ($106,000 vs $100,518 in El Jebel). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $854,300 in El Jebel).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	El Jebel
Population	3,995	3,935
Median age	43.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$100,518
Median home value	$1,148,100	$854,300
Median gross rent	$2,188	$3,145
Housing units	2,143	1,477
Homeownership rate	58.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	El Jebel
Population	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)	4,725 → 3,935 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)	$107,067 → $100,518 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)	$632,800 → $854,300 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)	$1,716 → $3,145 (+83.3%)

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

El Jebel

Population

4,7253,935

Median household income

$107,067$100,518

Median home value

$632,800$854,300

Median gross rent

$1,716$3,145

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	El Jebel
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	20.2%	19.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	El Jebel
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	El Jebel
No high school diploma	0.8%	17.4%
High school graduate	4.2%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	El Jebel
Drove alone	68.5%	59.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	17.5%
Public transit	7.7%	12.6%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	El Jebel
1-unit, detached	53.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	11.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	El Jebel
Poverty rate	4.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1995	1994