Oak Creek vs Phippsburg

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

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

Oak Creek has the higher population (652 vs 399 in Phippsburg). Phippsburg has the higher median household income ($110,870 vs $88,512 in Oak Creek). Oak Creek has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $310,000 in Phippsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
Population	652	399
Median age	45.4 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,512	$110,870
Median home value	$377,400	$310,000
Median gross rent	$1,167	—
Housing units	389	170
Homeownership rate	66.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
Population	959 → 652 (-32.0%)	227 → 399 (+75.8%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $88,512 (+85.1%)	$63,672 → $110,870 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$166,500 → $377,400 (+126.7%)	$187,500 → $310,000 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,167 (+20.2%)	—

Oak Creek

Population

959652

Median household income

$47,813$88,512

Median home value

$166,500$377,400

Median gross rent

$971$1,167

Phippsburg

Population

227399

Median household income

$63,672$110,870

Median home value

$187,500$310,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
Under 5	1.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	38.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	4.8%
45 to 54	21.2%	26.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	0.0%
75 and over	2.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
No high school diploma	11.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.2%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	44.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
Drove alone	82.3%	67.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
1-unit, detached	78.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Oak Creek	Phippsburg
Poverty rate	4.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1949	1938