Oak Creek vs Steamboat Springs

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

Oak Creek 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 652 in Oak Creek). Steamboat Springs has the higher median household income ($100,156 vs $88,512 in Oak Creek). Steamboat Springs has the higher median home value ($874,400 vs $377,400 in Oak Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
Population	652	13,341
Median age	45.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,512	$100,156
Median home value	$377,400	$874,400
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,909
Housing units	389	10,663
Homeownership rate	66.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
Population	959 → 652 (-32.0%)	12,928 → 13,341 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $88,512 (+85.1%)	$77,419 → $100,156 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$166,500 → $377,400 (+126.7%)	$584,200 → $874,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,167 (+20.2%)	$1,374 → $1,909 (+38.9%)

Oak Creek

Population

959652

Median household income

$47,813$88,512

Median home value

$166,500$377,400

Median gross rent

$971$1,167

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)

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
Under 5	1.7%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	21.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.9%
75 and over	2.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
No high school diploma	11.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	25.2%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
Drove alone	82.3%	64.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	4.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
1-unit, detached	78.9%	30.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Oak Creek	Steamboat Springs
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1949	1993