Boone vs Salt Creek

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

Boone 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 247 in Boone). Boone has the higher median household income ($75,190 vs $52,123 in Salt Creek). Salt Creek has the higher median home value ($268,200 vs $45,200 in Boone).

Population, income & housing

	Boone	Salt Creek
Population	247	852
Median age	57.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,190	$52,123
Median home value	$45,200	$268,200
Median gross rent	$988	$722
Housing units	222	373
Homeownership rate	86.6%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone	Salt Creek
Population	233 → 247 (+6.0%)	572 → 852 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$35,179 → $75,190 (+113.7%)	$43,750 → $52,123 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$64,200 → $45,200 (-29.6%)	$78,700 → $268,200 (+240.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $988 (+71.8%)	$552 → $722 (+30.8%)

Boone

Population

233247

Median household income

$35,179$75,190

Median home value

$64,200$45,200

Median gross rent

$575$988

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)

	Boone	Salt Creek
Under 5	3.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	2.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.3%
55 to 64	26.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.2%
75 and over	21.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone	Salt Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	25.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.7%	74.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone	Salt Creek
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone	Salt Creek
Drove alone	97.0%	47.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	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)

	Boone	Salt Creek
1-unit, detached	79.3%	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	20.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Boone	Salt Creek
Poverty rate	18.6%	30.8%
Average household size	1.50	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1954	1947