Battlement Mesa vs Carbondale

A side-by-side comparison of Battlement Mesa and Carbondale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carbondale has the higher population (6,553 vs 5,402 in Battlement Mesa). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($94,300 vs $69,432 in Battlement Mesa). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $231,500 in Battlement Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
Population	5,402	6,553
Median age	36.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,432	$94,300
Median home value	$231,500	$796,100
Median gross rent	$972	$2,255
Housing units	2,372	3,037
Homeownership rate	70.9%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
Population	5,116 → 5,402 (+5.6%)	6,785 → 6,553 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$68,188 → $69,432 (+1.8%)	$81,012 → $94,300 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $231,500 (+26.0%)	$496,300 → $796,100 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $972 (+28.1%)	$1,747 → $2,255 (+29.1%)

Battlement Mesa

Population

5,1165,402

Median household income

$68,188$69,432

Median home value

$183,800$231,500

Median gross rent

$759$972

Carbondale

Population

6,7856,553

Median household income

$81,012$94,300

Median home value

$496,300$796,100

Median gross rent

$1,747$2,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
Under 5	6.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.1%	14.0%
75 and over	8.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	1.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
No high school diploma	13.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
Drove alone	81.7%	56.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	5.5%
Walked	0.7%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	8.2%
Worked from home	7.3%	14.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
1-unit, detached	42.7%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Battlement Mesa	Carbondale
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1993	1993