Aspen Park vs Coal Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Aspen Park and Coal Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal Creek has the higher population (2,357 vs 724 in Aspen Park). Coal Creek has the higher median household income ($125,819 vs $104,732 in Aspen Park). Aspen Park has the higher median home value ($654,600 vs $601,500 in Coal Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
Population	724	2,357
Median age	49.3 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,732	$125,819
Median home value	$654,600	$601,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,944
Housing units	295	1,360
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
Population	994 → 724 (-27.2%)	2,313 → 2,357 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$94,167 → $104,732 (+11.2%)	$115,357 → $125,819 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$434,800 → $654,600 (+50.6%)	$393,700 → $601,500 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,611 → $1,358 (-15.7%)	$1,742 → $1,944 (+11.6%)

Aspen Park

Population

994724

Median household income

$94,167$104,732

Median home value

$434,800$654,600

Median gross rent

$1,611$1,358

Coal Creek

Population

2,3132,357

Median household income

$115,357$125,819

Median home value

$393,700$601,500

Median gross rent

$1,742$1,944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
Under 5	17.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.2%
25 to 34	3.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	17.1%
55 to 64	18.6%	24.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	16.7%
75 and over	3.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.6%
High school graduate	17.7%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.4%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
Drove alone	81.6%	71.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	20.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Park	Coal Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	44
Median year structure built	1977	1982