Coal Creek vs Howard

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

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

Howard has the higher population (1,159 vs 395 in Coal Creek). Howard has the higher median household income ($57,664 vs $41,333 in Coal Creek). Howard has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $205,300 in Coal Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Creek	Howard
Population	395	1,159
Median age	38.5 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,333	$57,664
Median home value	$205,300	$386,500
Median gross rent	$1,313	$488
Housing units	150	688
Homeownership rate	82.4%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Creek	Howard
Population	355 → 395 (+11.3%)	906 → 1,159 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $41,333 (-9.1%)	$77,981 → $57,664 (-26.1%)
Median home value	$101,800 → $205,300 (+101.7%)	$286,400 → $386,500 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,313 (+16.7%)	$1,069 → $488 (-54.3%)

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

Howard

Population

9061,159

Median household income

$77,981$57,664

Median home value

$286,400$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,069$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Creek	Howard
Under 5	2.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	18.0%
35 to 44	19.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	4.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	17.0%	25.7%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Creek	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.8%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Creek	Howard
No high school diploma	9.5%	0.8%
High school graduate	49.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Creek	Howard
Drove alone	79.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	15.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Creek	Howard
1-unit, detached	63.3%	91.7%
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%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Coal Creek	Howard
Poverty rate	21.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.90	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1995	1977