Bayfield vs Ignacio

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

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

Bayfield has the higher population (2,862 vs 1,255 in Ignacio). Bayfield has the higher median household income ($92,821 vs $65,759 in Ignacio). Bayfield has the higher median home value ($418,400 vs $252,200 in Ignacio).

Population, income & housing

	Bayfield	Ignacio
Population	2,862	1,255
Median age	31.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,821	$65,759
Median home value	$418,400	$252,200
Median gross rent	$1,265	$1,146
Housing units	1,074	522
Homeownership rate	80.2%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayfield	Ignacio
Population	2,640 → 2,862 (+8.4%)	1,259 → 1,255 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$62,285 → $92,821 (+49.0%)	$51,336 → $65,759 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$318,100 → $418,400 (+31.5%)	$180,300 → $252,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,265 (+23.5%)	$1,025 → $1,146 (+11.8%)

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

Ignacio

Population

1,2591,255

Median household income

$51,336$65,759

Median home value

$180,300$252,200

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayfield	Ignacio
Under 5	6.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	29.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.8%
75 and over	2.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayfield	Ignacio
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	42.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	18.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	36.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayfield	Ignacio
No high school diploma	1.3%	12.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayfield	Ignacio
Drove alone	68.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	4.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayfield	Ignacio
1-unit, detached	71.1%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Bayfield	Ignacio
Poverty rate	10.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1996	1976