Blende vs Salt Creek

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

Blende 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 646 in Blende). Salt Creek has the higher median household income ($52,123 vs $50,385 in Blende). Salt Creek has the higher median home value ($268,200 vs $240,700 in Blende).

Population, income & housing

	Blende	Salt Creek
Population	646	852
Median age	55.9 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,385	$52,123
Median home value	$240,700	$268,200
Median gross rent	$1,479	$722
Housing units	346	373
Homeownership rate	68.2%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blende	Salt Creek
Population	879 → 646 (-26.5%)	572 → 852 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$40,469 → $50,385 (+24.5%)	$43,750 → $52,123 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $240,700 (+56.9%)	$78,700 → $268,200 (+240.8%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,479 (+87.2%)	$552 → $722 (+30.8%)

Blende

Population

879646

Median household income

$40,469$50,385

Median home value

$153,400$240,700

Median gross rent

$790$1,479

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)

	Blende	Salt Creek
Under 5	1.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	2.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	17.3%
55 to 64	21.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	18.9%	4.2%
75 and over	13.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blende	Salt Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	25.5%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	57.4%	74.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blende	Salt Creek
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blende	Salt Creek
Drove alone	84.4%	47.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	40.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blende	Salt Creek
1-unit, detached	85.3%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	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	13.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Blende	Salt Creek
Poverty rate	19.3%	30.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1960	1947