Coal Creek vs Indian Hills

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

Coal Creek and Indian Hills 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 1,320 in Indian Hills). Indian Hills has the higher median household income ($173,125 vs $125,819 in Coal Creek). Indian Hills has the higher median home value ($757,400 vs $601,500 in Coal Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
Population	2,357	1,320
Median age	55.0 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,819	$173,125
Median home value	$601,500	$757,400
Median gross rent	$1,944	—
Housing units	1,360	603
Homeownership rate	92.8%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.8%	51.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
Population	2,313 → 2,357 (+1.9%)	1,398 → 1,320 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$115,357 → $125,819 (+9.1%)	$114,470 → $173,125 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$393,700 → $601,500 (+52.8%)	$442,000 → $757,400 (+71.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,742 → $1,944 (+11.6%)	—

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

Indian Hills

Population

1,3981,320

Median household income

$114,470$173,125

Median home value

$442,000$757,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	23.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	1.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	17.1%	21.8%
55 to 64	24.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.9%
75 and over	9.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
Drove alone	71.8%	44.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.4%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	45.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
1-unit, detached	96.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
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

	Coal Creek	Indian Hills
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	44	20
Median year structure built	1982	1965