Aspen vs Redstone

A side-by-side comparison of Aspen and Redstone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aspen has the higher population (6,862 vs 157 in Redstone). Redstone has the higher median household income ($154,107 vs $78,636 in Aspen). Since 2019, Redstone's population has grown faster (+149.2% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen	Redstone
Population	6,862	157
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,636	$154,107
Median home value	$1,375,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,897	—
Housing units	6,107	50
Homeownership rate	59.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen	Redstone
Population	7,431 → 6,862 (-7.7%)	63 → 157 (+149.2%)
Median household income	$78,292 → $78,636 (+0.4%)	$122,500 → $154,107 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$636,400 → $1,375,000 (+116.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,897 (+26.5%)	—

Aspen

Population

7,4316,862

Median household income

$78,292$78,636

Median home value

$636,400$1,375,000

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,897

Redstone

Population

63157

Median household income

$122,500$154,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen	Redstone
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.7%	24.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	52.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen	Redstone
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen	Redstone
No high school diploma	0.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.5%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	43.0%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen	Redstone
Drove alone	38.9%	59.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.0%
Public transit	9.1%	0.0%
Walked	14.4%	40.9%
Bicycle	15.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen	Redstone
1-unit, detached	17.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	22.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aspen	Redstone
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.65	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	1986	1994