Bayfield vs Southern Ute

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

Bayfield and Southern Ute 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 126 in Southern Ute). Bayfield has the higher median household income ($92,821 vs $75,000 in Southern Ute). Bayfield has the higher median home value ($418,400 vs $285,000 in Southern Ute).

Population, income & housing

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
Population	2,862	126
Median age	31.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,821	$75,000
Median home value	$418,400	$285,000
Median gross rent	$1,265	—
Housing units	1,074	59
Homeownership rate	80.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
Population	2,640 → 2,862 (+8.4%)	215 → 126 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$62,285 → $92,821 (+49.0%)	$53,750 → $75,000 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$318,100 → $418,400 (+31.5%)	$372,200 → $285,000 (-23.4%)
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

Southern Ute

Population

215126

Median household income

$53,750$75,000

Median home value

$372,200$285,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
Under 5	6.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	29.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	2.7%	20.6%
25 to 34	18.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	29.4%
75 and over	2.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	37.3%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	19.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	35.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
Drove alone	68.7%	57.8%
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%	42.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
1-unit, detached	71.1%	71.2%
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%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Bayfield	Southern Ute
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.95	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1996	1974