Pueblo West vs Salt Creek

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

Pueblo West 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 West has the higher population (34,992 vs 852 in Salt Creek). Pueblo West has the higher median household income ($95,419 vs $52,123 in Salt Creek). Pueblo West has the higher median home value ($371,600 vs $268,200 in Salt Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Pueblo West	Salt Creek
Population	34,992	852
Median age	41.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,419	$52,123
Median home value	$371,600	$268,200
Median gross rent	$1,319	$722
Housing units	12,678	373
Homeownership rate	86.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pueblo West	Salt Creek
Population	31,849 → 34,992 (+9.9%)	572 → 852 (+49.0%)
Median household income	$71,553 → $95,419 (+33.4%)	$43,750 → $52,123 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$221,700 → $371,600 (+67.6%)	$78,700 → $268,200 (+240.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,319 (+27.2%)	$552 → $722 (+30.8%)

Pueblo West

Population

31,84934,992

Median household income

$71,553$95,419

Median home value

$221,700$371,600

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,319

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 West	Salt Creek
Under 5	5.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	4.2%
75 and over	6.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pueblo West	Salt Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	25.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	74.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pueblo West	Salt Creek
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pueblo West	Salt Creek
Drove alone	77.9%	47.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	40.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pueblo West	Salt Creek
1-unit, detached	84.6%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Pueblo West	Salt Creek
Poverty rate	6.2%	30.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1999	1947