Pueblo vs Salt Creek

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

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

Pueblo has the higher population (111,514 vs 852 in Salt Creek). Pueblo has the higher median household income ($55,305 vs $52,123 in Salt Creek). Salt Creek has the higher median home value ($268,200 vs $230,900 in Pueblo).

Population, income & housing

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
Population	111,514	852
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,305	$52,123
Median home value	$230,900	$268,200
Median gross rent	$1,020	$722
Housing units	49,409	373
Homeownership rate	60.8%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
Population	110,841 → 111,514 (+0.6%)	572 → 852 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$40,450 → $55,305 (+36.7%)	$43,750 → $52,123 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$141,000 → $230,900 (+63.8%)	$78,700 → $268,200 (+240.8%)
Median gross rent	$799 → $1,020 (+27.7%)	$552 → $722 (+30.8%)

Pueblo

Population

110,841111,514

Median household income

$40,450$55,305

Median home value

$141,000$230,900

Median gross rent

$799$1,020

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)

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
Under 5	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	4.2%
75 and over	7.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	25.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	74.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
Drove alone	78.8%	47.2%
Carpooled	11.4%	40.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
1-unit, detached	72.4%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Pueblo	Salt Creek
Poverty rate	19.2%	30.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1966	1947