Cattle Creek vs Parachute

A side-by-side comparison of Cattle Creek and Parachute: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parachute has the higher population (1,513 vs 339 in Cattle Creek). Parachute has the higher median household income ($58,910 vs $43,208 in Cattle Creek). Cattle Creek has the higher median home value ($919,600 vs $269,500 in Parachute).

Population, income & housing

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
Population	339	1,513
Median age	56.1 yrs	26.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,208	$58,910
Median home value	$919,600	$269,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,050
Housing units	221	561
Homeownership rate	75.1%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
Population	604 → 339 (-43.9%)	1,312 → 1,513 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$68,203 → $43,208 (-36.6%)	$52,500 → $58,910 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$156,900 → $919,600 (+486.1%)	$171,100 → $269,500 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$900 → $1,050 (+16.7%)

Cattle Creek

Population

604339

Median household income

$68,203$43,208

Median home value

$156,900$919,600

Parachute

Population

1,3121,513

Median household income

$52,500$58,910

Median home value

$171,100$269,500

Median gross rent

$900$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
Under 5	2.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	6.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	16.7%
25 to 34	3.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	34.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.5%
75 and over	5.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
No high school diploma	3.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	5.0%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
Drove alone	96.1%	63.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
1-unit, detached	46.2%	35.7%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	42.1%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Cattle Creek	Parachute
Poverty rate	7.1%	18.0%
Average household size	1.53	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	16	34
Median year structure built	1980	1989