Coal Creek vs Genesee

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

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

Genesee has the higher population (3,826 vs 2,357 in Coal Creek). Genesee has the higher median household income ($172,692 vs $125,819 in Coal Creek). Genesee has the higher median home value ($994,700 vs $601,500 in Coal Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Creek	Genesee
Population	2,357	3,826
Median age	55.0 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,819	$172,692
Median home value	$601,500	$994,700
Median gross rent	$1,944	$2,797
Housing units	1,360	1,589
Homeownership rate	92.8%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Creek	Genesee
Population	2,313 → 2,357 (+1.9%)	3,910 → 3,826 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$115,357 → $125,819 (+9.1%)	$169,063 → $172,692 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$393,700 → $601,500 (+52.8%)	$734,300 → $994,700 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,742 → $1,944 (+11.6%)	$2,778 → $2,797 (+0.7%)

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

Genesee

Population

3,9103,826

Median household income

$169,063$172,692

Median home value

$734,300$994,700

Median gross rent

$2,778$2,797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Creek	Genesee
Under 5	2.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	1.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	3.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	17.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	24.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	21.5%
75 and over	9.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Creek	Genesee
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Creek	Genesee
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	38.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Creek	Genesee
Drove alone	71.8%	60.5%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.5%
Public transit	2.8%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	32.6%
Other means	2.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Creek	Genesee
1-unit, detached	96.3%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Coal Creek	Genesee
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.2%
Average household size	2.02	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	44	26
Median year structure built	1982	1987