Basalt vs Gypsum

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

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

Gypsum has the higher population (8,481 vs 3,995 in Basalt). Gypsum has the higher median household income ($124,534 vs $106,000 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $553,600 in Gypsum).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Gypsum
Population	3,995	8,481
Median age	43.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$124,534
Median home value	$1,148,100	$553,600
Median gross rent	$2,188	$2,198
Housing units	2,143	2,607
Homeownership rate	58.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Gypsum
Population	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)	7,173 → 8,481 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)	$78,872 → $124,534 (+57.9%)
Median home value	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)	$364,400 → $553,600 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)	$1,730 → $2,198 (+27.1%)

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

Gypsum

Population

7,1738,481

Median household income

$78,872$124,534

Median home value

$364,400$553,600

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,198

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Gypsum
Under 5	3.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	20.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	9.8%
75 and over	7.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Gypsum
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	44.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	55.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Gypsum
No high school diploma	0.8%	16.2%
High school graduate	4.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Gypsum
Drove alone	68.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	16.3%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Gypsum
1-unit, detached	53.0%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	11.9%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Gypsum
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.16	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1995	1990