Bayfield vs Marvel

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

Bayfield and Marvel 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 91 in Marvel). Bayfield has the higher median household income ($92,821 vs $55,893 in Marvel). Bayfield has the higher median home value ($418,400 vs $229,200 in Marvel).

Population, income & housing

	Bayfield	Marvel
Population	2,862	91
Median age	31.9 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,821	$55,893
Median home value	$418,400	$229,200
Median gross rent	$1,265	—
Housing units	1,074	45
Homeownership rate	80.2%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	19.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayfield	Marvel
Population	2,640 → 2,862 (+8.4%)	71 → 91 (+28.2%)
Median household income	$62,285 → $92,821 (+49.0%)	$60,938 → $55,893 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$318,100 → $418,400 (+31.5%)	$225,000 → $229,200 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,265 (+23.5%)	—

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

Marvel

Population

7191

Median household income

$60,938$55,893

Median home value

$225,000$229,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayfield	Marvel
Under 5	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	29.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	28.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	18.7%
75 and over	2.4%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayfield	Marvel
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayfield	Marvel
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayfield	Marvel
Drove alone	68.7%	58.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	41.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayfield	Marvel
1-unit, detached	71.1%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	51.1%

Poverty & households

	Bayfield	Marvel
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.95	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1996	1966