Hayden vs Oak Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Hayden and Oak Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hayden has the higher population (2,010 vs 652 in Oak Creek). Hayden has the higher median household income ($97,917 vs $88,512 in Oak Creek). Hayden has the higher median home value ($394,400 vs $377,400 in Oak Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Oak Creek
Population	2,010	652
Median age	36.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,917	$88,512
Median home value	$394,400	$377,400
Median gross rent	$1,680	$1,167
Housing units	870	389
Homeownership rate	73.7%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Oak Creek
Population	2,109 → 2,010 (-4.7%)	959 → 652 (-32.0%)
Median household income	$57,054 → $97,917 (+71.6%)	$47,813 → $88,512 (+85.1%)
Median home value	$209,100 → $394,400 (+88.6%)	$166,500 → $377,400 (+126.7%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,680 (+80.6%)	$971 → $1,167 (+20.2%)

Hayden

Population

2,1092,010

Median household income

$57,054$97,917

Median home value

$209,100$394,400

Median gross rent

$930$1,680

Oak Creek

Population

959652

Median household income

$47,813$88,512

Median home value

$166,500$377,400

Median gross rent

$971$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayden	Oak Creek
Under 5	4.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	19.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	21.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.4%
75 and over	3.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Oak Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Oak Creek
No high school diploma	5.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	27.9%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Oak Creek
Drove alone	83.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	1.0%	8.2%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Oak Creek
1-unit, detached	73.1%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Oak Creek
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1982	1949