Brookside vs Coal Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Coal Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal Creek has the higher population (395 vs 263 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median household income ($57,321 vs $41,333 in Coal Creek). Brookside has the higher median home value ($287,500 vs $205,300 in Coal Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Coal Creek
Population	263	395
Median age	52.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,321	$41,333
Median home value	$287,500	$205,300
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,313
Housing units	126	150
Homeownership rate	83.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Coal Creek
Population	216 → 263 (+21.8%)	355 → 395 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $57,321 (-16.6%)	$45,469 → $41,333 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$172,900 → $287,500 (+66.3%)	$101,800 → $205,300 (+101.7%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,300 (+39.8%)	$1,125 → $1,313 (+16.7%)

Brookside

Population

216263

Median household income

$68,750$57,321

Median home value

$172,900$287,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,300

Coal Creek

Population

355395

Median household income

$45,469$41,333

Median home value

$101,800$205,300

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Coal Creek
Under 5	1.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	19.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	17.0%
75 and over	5.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Coal Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	72.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Coal Creek
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Coal Creek
Drove alone	71.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	9.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Coal Creek
1-unit, detached	93.7%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	34.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Coal Creek
Poverty rate	12.5%	21.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	19	38
Median year structure built	1973	1995