Avondale vs Salt Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Salt Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salt Creek has the higher population (852 vs 298 in Avondale). Avondale has the higher median household income ($94,302 vs $52,123 in Salt Creek). Salt Creek has the higher median home value ($268,200 vs $162,200 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Salt Creek
Population	298	852
Median age	55.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,302	$52,123
Median home value	$162,200	$268,200
Median gross rent	—	$722
Housing units	108	373
Homeownership rate	90.7%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Salt Creek
Population	708 → 298 (-57.9%)	572 → 852 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$103,393 → $94,302 (-8.8%)	$43,750 → $52,123 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $162,200 (-20.9%)	$78,700 → $268,200 (+240.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$552 → $722 (+30.8%)

Avondale

Population

708298

Median household income

$103,393$94,302

Median home value

$205,100$162,200

Salt Creek

Population

572852

Median household income

$43,750$52,123

Median home value

$78,700$268,200

Median gross rent

$552$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Salt Creek
Under 5	6.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	4.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	17.3%
55 to 64	41.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	4.2%
75 and over	0.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Salt Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	17.1%	25.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	18.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	64.4%	74.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Salt Creek
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.1%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	54.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Salt Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	47.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	40.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Salt Creek
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Salt Creek
Poverty rate	13.8%	30.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1959	1947