Hayden vs Steamboat Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Hayden and Steamboat Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steamboat Springs has the higher population (13,341 vs 2,010 in Hayden). Steamboat Springs has the higher median household income ($100,156 vs $97,917 in Hayden). Steamboat Springs has the higher median home value ($874,400 vs $394,400 in Hayden).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
Population	2,010	13,341
Median age	36.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,917	$100,156
Median home value	$394,400	$874,400
Median gross rent	$1,680	$1,909
Housing units	870	10,663
Homeownership rate	73.7%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
Population	2,109 → 2,010 (-4.7%)	12,928 → 13,341 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$57,054 → $97,917 (+71.6%)	$77,419 → $100,156 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$209,100 → $394,400 (+88.6%)	$584,200 → $874,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,680 (+80.6%)	$1,374 → $1,909 (+38.9%)

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

Steamboat Springs

Population

12,92813,341

Median household income

$77,419$100,156

Median home value

$584,200$874,400

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
Under 5	4.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	19.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.9%
75 and over	3.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	27.9%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
Drove alone	83.9%	64.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	7.6%
Public transit	4.7%	1.3%
Walked	3.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
1-unit, detached	73.1%	30.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	14.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Steamboat Springs
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1982	1993