Carbondale vs Silt

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

Carbondale and Silt 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 3,575 in Silt). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($94,300 vs $86,484 in Silt). Carbondale has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $391,400 in Silt).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Silt
Population	6,553	3,575
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,300	$86,484
Median home value	$796,100	$391,400
Median gross rent	$2,255	$1,928
Housing units	3,037	1,273
Homeownership rate	64.1%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Silt
Population	6,785 → 6,553 (-3.4%)	3,115 → 3,575 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$81,012 → $94,300 (+16.4%)	$58,779 → $86,484 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$496,300 → $796,100 (+60.4%)	$277,800 → $391,400 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,747 → $2,255 (+29.1%)	$1,257 → $1,928 (+53.4%)

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

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)

	Carbondale	Silt
Under 5	2.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	17.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	7.2%
75 and over	5.1%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Silt
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	50.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	47.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Silt
No high school diploma	10.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	9.1%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Silt
Drove alone	56.3%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	20.0%
Public transit	5.5%	2.3%
Walked	5.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	8.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	6.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Silt
1-unit, detached	45.3%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	20.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Silt
Poverty rate	11.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1993	1997