Bayfield vs Durango

A side-by-side comparison of Bayfield and Durango: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Durango has the higher population (19,257 vs 2,862 in Bayfield). Bayfield has the higher median household income ($92,821 vs $79,545 in Durango). Durango has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $418,400 in Bayfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bayfield	Durango
Population	2,862	19,257
Median age	31.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,821	$79,545
Median home value	$418,400	$609,700
Median gross rent	$1,265	$1,562
Housing units	1,074	9,464
Homeownership rate	80.2%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayfield	Durango
Population	2,640 → 2,862 (+8.4%)	18,588 → 19,257 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$62,285 → $92,821 (+49.0%)	$66,160 → $79,545 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$318,100 → $418,400 (+31.5%)	$463,700 → $609,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,265 (+23.5%)	$1,259 → $1,562 (+24.1%)

Bayfield

Population

2,6402,862

Median household income

$62,285$92,821

Median home value

$318,100$418,400

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,265

Durango

Population

18,58819,257

Median household income

$66,160$79,545

Median home value

$463,700$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,562

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayfield	Durango
Under 5	6.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	29.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	2.7%	18.6%
25 to 34	18.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.6%
75 and over	2.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayfield	Durango
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.2%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayfield	Durango
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	35.7%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayfield	Durango
Drove alone	68.7%	63.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	4.4%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.4%
Worked from home	16.1%	14.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayfield	Durango
1-unit, detached	71.1%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bayfield	Durango
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1996	1986