Coal Creek vs Edgewater

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

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

Edgewater has the higher population (4,955 vs 2,357 in Coal Creek). Coal Creek has the higher median household income ($125,819 vs $74,320 in Edgewater). Edgewater has the higher median home value ($603,400 vs $601,500 in Coal Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
Population	2,357	4,955
Median age	55.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,819	$74,320
Median home value	$601,500	$603,400
Median gross rent	$1,944	$1,468
Housing units	1,360	2,466
Homeownership rate	92.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
Population	2,313 → 2,357 (+1.9%)	5,328 → 4,955 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$115,357 → $125,819 (+9.1%)	$56,028 → $74,320 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$393,700 → $601,500 (+52.8%)	$408,500 → $603,400 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,742 → $1,944 (+11.6%)	$1,192 → $1,468 (+23.2%)

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

Edgewater

Population

5,3284,955

Median household income

$56,028$74,320

Median home value

$408,500$603,400

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
Under 5	2.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.4%	7.5%
18 to 24	1.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	34.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	20.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	24.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	4.6%
75 and over	9.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	53.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	40.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
No high school diploma	0.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	18.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
Drove alone	71.8%	68.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	3.7%
Public transit	2.8%	5.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.5%	18.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
1-unit, detached	96.3%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coal Creek	Edgewater
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	44	26
Median year structure built	1982	1959