Basalt vs Minturn

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

Basalt and Minturn 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 987 in Minturn). Minturn has the higher median household income ($113,519 vs $106,000 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $1,083,000 in Minturn).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Minturn
Population	3,995	987
Median age	43.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$113,519
Median home value	$1,148,100	$1,083,000
Median gross rent	$2,188	$2,167
Housing units	2,143	503
Homeownership rate	58.2%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Minturn
Population	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)	1,101 → 987 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)	$90,521 → $113,519 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)	$646,300 → $1,083,000 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)	$1,508 → $2,167 (+43.7%)

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

Minturn

Population

1,101987

Median household income

$90,521$113,519

Median home value

$646,300$1,083,000

Median gross rent

$1,508$2,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Minturn
Under 5	3.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	20.2%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	4.8%
65 to 74	16.2%	11.3%
75 and over	7.6%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Minturn
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	74.3%
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%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Minturn
No high school diploma	0.8%	4.2%
High school graduate	4.2%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Minturn
Drove alone	68.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.2%
Public transit	7.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Minturn
1-unit, detached	53.0%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	11.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Minturn
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1995	1972