Black Hawk vs Central

A side-by-side comparison of Black Hawk and Central: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central has the higher population (576 vs 156 in Black Hawk). Black Hawk has the higher median household income ($112,727 vs $62,094 in Central). Black Hawk has the higher median home value ($486,700 vs $379,400 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Black Hawk	Central
Population	156	576
Median age	58.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$112,727	$62,094
Median home value	$486,700	$379,400
Median gross rent	$1,813	$1,604
Housing units	81	470
Homeownership rate	62.2%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Hawk	Central
Population	110 → 156 (+41.8%)	—
Median household income	$49,750 → $112,727 (+126.6%)	—
Median home value	$242,300 → $486,700 (+100.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,592 → $1,813 (+13.9%)	—

Black Hawk

Population

110156

Median household income

$49,750$112,727

Median home value

$242,300$486,700

Median gross rent

$1,592$1,813

Central

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Hawk	Central
Under 5	1.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	1.9%	21.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	6.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	29.5%	10.4%
75 and over	10.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Hawk	Central
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	70.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Hawk	Central
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	35.8%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Hawk	Central
Drove alone	75.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Hawk	Central
1-unit, detached	92.6%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Black Hawk	Central
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.11	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1938	1980