Brookside vs Coaldale

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

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

Coaldale has the higher population (276 vs 263 in Brookside). Coaldale has the higher median home value ($335,700 vs $287,500 in Brookside). Since 2019, Brookside's population has grown faster (+21.8% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Coaldale
Population	263	276
Median age	52.4 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,321	—
Median home value	$287,500	$335,700
Median gross rent	$1,300	—
Housing units	126	206
Homeownership rate	83.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Coaldale
Population	216 → 263 (+21.8%)	350 → 276 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $57,321 (-16.6%)	—
Median home value	$172,900 → $287,500 (+66.3%)	$153,100 → $335,700 (+119.3%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,300 (+39.8%)	—

Brookside

Population

216263

Median household income

$68,750$57,321

Median home value

$172,900$287,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,300

Coaldale

Population

350276

Median home value

$153,100$335,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Coaldale
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	37.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	63.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	0.0%
75 and over	5.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Coaldale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Coaldale
No high school diploma	6.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	9.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Coaldale
Drove alone	71.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	9.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Coaldale
1-unit, detached	93.7%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Brookside	Coaldale
Poverty rate	12.5%	38.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1973	1993