Basalt vs Vail

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

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

Vail has the higher population (4,729 vs 3,995 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median household income ($106,000 vs $103,705 in Vail). Basalt has the higher median home value ($1,148,100 vs $1,040,100 in Vail).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Vail
Population	3,995	4,729
Median age	43.6 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,000	$103,705
Median home value	$1,148,100	$1,040,100
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,610
Housing units	2,143	7,099
Homeownership rate	58.2%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.3%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Vail
Population	3,847 → 3,995 (+3.8%)	5,479 → 4,729 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$81,038 → $106,000 (+30.8%)	$80,987 → $103,705 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$648,200 → $1,148,100 (+77.1%)	$773,700 → $1,040,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,155 → $2,188 (+1.5%)	$1,597 → $1,610 (+0.8%)

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

Vail

Population

5,4794,729

Median household income

$80,987$103,705

Median home value

$773,700$1,040,100

Median gross rent

$1,597$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Vail
Under 5	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	4.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	20.2%	18.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	16.2%	12.2%
75 and over	7.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Vail
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Vail
No high school diploma	0.8%	0.7%
High school graduate	4.2%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	42.5%	42.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Vail
Drove alone	68.5%	62.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.1%
Public transit	7.7%	8.0%
Walked	5.2%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	8.4%	12.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Vail
1-unit, detached	53.0%	15.3%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	19.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	21.5%
20 or more units	11.9%	34.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Vail
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.16	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1995	1985