Battlement Mesa vs Silt

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

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

Battlement Mesa has the higher population (5,402 vs 3,575 in Silt). Silt has the higher median household income ($86,484 vs $69,432 in Battlement Mesa). Silt has the higher median home value ($391,400 vs $231,500 in Battlement Mesa).

Population, income & housing

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
Population	5,402	3,575
Median age	36.0 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,432	$86,484
Median home value	$231,500	$391,400
Median gross rent	$972	$1,928
Housing units	2,372	1,273
Homeownership rate	70.9%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
Population	5,116 → 5,402 (+5.6%)	3,115 → 3,575 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$68,188 → $69,432 (+1.8%)	$58,779 → $86,484 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $231,500 (+26.0%)	$277,800 → $391,400 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $972 (+28.1%)	$1,257 → $1,928 (+53.4%)

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

Silt

Population

3,1153,575

Median household income

$58,779$86,484

Median home value

$277,800$391,400

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
Under 5	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	23.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.2%
75 and over	8.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	50.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	47.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
No high school diploma	13.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	27.2%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
Drove alone	81.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	20.0%
Public transit	0.5%	2.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
1-unit, detached	42.7%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	25.7%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Battlement Mesa	Silt
Poverty rate	10.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	41	37
Median year structure built	1993	1997