Parachute vs Silt

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

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

Silt has the higher population (3,575 vs 1,513 in Parachute). Silt has the higher median household income ($86,484 vs $58,910 in Parachute). Silt has the higher median home value ($391,400 vs $269,500 in Parachute).

Population, income & housing

	Parachute	Silt
Population	1,513	3,575
Median age	26.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,910	$86,484
Median home value	$269,500	$391,400
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,928
Housing units	561	1,273
Homeownership rate	51.7%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parachute	Silt
Population	1,312 → 1,513 (+15.3%)	3,115 → 3,575 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $58,910 (+12.2%)	$58,779 → $86,484 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$171,100 → $269,500 (+57.5%)	$277,800 → $391,400 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,050 (+16.7%)	$1,257 → $1,928 (+53.4%)

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

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)

	Parachute	Silt
Under 5	8.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	16.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	7.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.2%
75 and over	2.4%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parachute	Silt
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	50.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	47.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parachute	Silt
No high school diploma	6.1%	14.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parachute	Silt
Drove alone	63.4%	69.5%
Carpooled	19.8%	20.0%
Public transit	0.5%	2.3%
Walked	3.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parachute	Silt
1-unit, detached	35.7%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Parachute	Silt
Poverty rate	18.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1989	1997