Hayden vs Yampa

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

Hayden and Yampa 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 342 in Yampa). Hayden has the higher median household income ($97,917 vs $68,750 in Yampa). Hayden has the higher median home value ($394,400 vs $317,900 in Yampa).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Yampa
Population	2,010	342
Median age	36.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,917	$68,750
Median home value	$394,400	$317,900
Median gross rent	$1,680	$1,688
Housing units	870	189
Homeownership rate	73.7%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Yampa
Population	2,109 → 2,010 (-4.7%)	413 → 342 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$57,054 → $97,917 (+71.6%)	$53,125 → $68,750 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$209,100 → $394,400 (+88.6%)	$224,000 → $317,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,680 (+80.6%)	$1,175 → $1,688 (+43.7%)

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

Yampa

Population

413342

Median household income

$53,125$68,750

Median home value

$224,000$317,900

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayden	Yampa
Under 5	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	22.8%
75 and over	3.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Yampa
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Yampa
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	27.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Yampa
Drove alone	83.9%	45.8%
Carpooled	1.0%	17.0%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	28.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Yampa
1-unit, detached	73.1%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Yampa
Poverty rate	7.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1982	1975