Carbondale vs Glenwood Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Carbondale and Glenwood Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glenwood Springs has the higher population (10,171 vs 6,553 in Carbondale). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($94,300 vs $87,000 in Glenwood Springs). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $592,000 in Glenwood Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
Population	6,553	10,171
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,300	$87,000
Median home value	$796,100	$592,000
Median gross rent	$2,255	$1,717
Housing units	3,037	4,215
Homeownership rate	64.1%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
Population	6,785 → 6,553 (-3.4%)	9,915 → 10,171 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$81,012 → $94,300 (+16.4%)	$66,693 → $87,000 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$496,300 → $796,100 (+60.4%)	$409,500 → $592,000 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,747 → $2,255 (+29.1%)	$1,206 → $1,717 (+42.4%)

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

Glenwood Springs

Population

9,91510,171

Median household income

$66,693$87,000

Median home value

$409,500$592,000

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
Under 5	2.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.6%
75 and over	5.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	56.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
No high school diploma	10.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	9.1%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
Drove alone	56.3%	67.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	12.6%
Public transit	5.5%	2.2%
Walked	5.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	8.2%	4.4%
Worked from home	14.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
1-unit, detached	45.3%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	13.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Glenwood Springs
Poverty rate	11.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1993	1983