Coal Creek vs Rockvale

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

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

Rockvale has the higher population (743 vs 395 in Coal Creek). Rockvale has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $41,333 in Coal Creek). Coal Creek has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $189,100 in Rockvale).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
Population	395	743
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,333	$48,125
Median home value	$205,300	$189,100
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,066
Housing units	150	311
Homeownership rate	82.4%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
Population	355 → 395 (+11.3%)	499 → 743 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$45,469 → $41,333 (-9.1%)	$51,000 → $48,125 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$101,800 → $205,300 (+101.7%)	$135,900 → $189,100 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,313 (+16.7%)	$906 → $1,066 (+17.7%)

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

Rockvale

Population

499743

Median household income

$51,000$48,125

Median home value

$135,900$189,100

Median gross rent

$906$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
Under 5	2.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	28.3%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	19.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	4.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	17.0%	8.5%
75 and over	7.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	65.0%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
No high school diploma	9.5%	16.1%
High school graduate	49.8%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
Drove alone	79.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	15.7%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
1-unit, detached	63.3%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
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%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Coal Creek	Rockvale
Poverty rate	21.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1995	1976