Coal Creek vs Coaldale

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

Coal Creek and Coaldale 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 276 in Coaldale). Coaldale has the higher median home value ($335,700 vs $205,300 in Coal Creek). Since 2019, Coal Creek's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
Population	395	276
Median age	38.5 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,333	—
Median home value	$205,300	$335,700
Median gross rent	$1,313	—
Housing units	150	206
Homeownership rate	82.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
Population	355 → 395 (+11.3%)	350 → 276 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $41,333 (-9.1%)	—
Median home value	$101,800 → $205,300 (+101.7%)	$153,100 → $335,700 (+119.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,313 (+16.7%)	—

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

Coaldale

Population

350276

Median home value

$153,100$335,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.8%	37.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	63.0%
65 to 74	17.0%	0.0%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	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	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
No high school diploma	9.5%	21.7%
High school graduate	49.8%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	9.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
Drove alone	79.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
1-unit, detached	63.3%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.0%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Coal Creek	Coaldale
Poverty rate	21.3%	38.8%
Average household size	2.90	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1995	1993