Carbondale vs Rifle

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

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

Rifle has the higher population (10,466 vs 6,553 in Carbondale). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($94,300 vs $80,629 in Rifle). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $377,900 in Rifle).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Rifle
Population	6,553	10,466
Median age	40.8 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,300	$80,629
Median home value	$796,100	$377,900
Median gross rent	$2,255	$1,231
Housing units	3,037	3,892
Homeownership rate	64.1%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Rifle
Population	6,785 → 6,553 (-3.4%)	9,650 → 10,466 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$81,012 → $94,300 (+16.4%)	$66,319 → $80,629 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$496,300 → $796,100 (+60.4%)	$246,300 → $377,900 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,747 → $2,255 (+29.1%)	$984 → $1,231 (+25.1%)

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

Rifle

Population

9,65010,466

Median household income

$66,319$80,629

Median home value

$246,300$377,900

Median gross rent

$984$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Rifle
Under 5	2.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	5.5%
75 and over	5.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Rifle
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	41.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Rifle
No high school diploma	10.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	9.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Rifle
Drove alone	56.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	16.2%
Public transit	5.5%	0.3%
Walked	5.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	8.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.8%	6.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Rifle
1-unit, detached	45.3%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Rifle
Poverty rate	11.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1993	1987