Oak Creek vs Yampa

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

Oak Creek and Yampa 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 342 in Yampa). Oak Creek has the higher median household income ($88,512 vs $68,750 in Yampa). Oak Creek has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $317,900 in Yampa).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Creek	Yampa
Population	652	342
Median age	45.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,512	$68,750
Median home value	$377,400	$317,900
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,688
Housing units	389	189
Homeownership rate	66.2%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Creek	Yampa
Population	959 → 652 (-32.0%)	413 → 342 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $88,512 (+85.1%)	$53,125 → $68,750 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$166,500 → $377,400 (+126.7%)	$224,000 → $317,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,167 (+20.2%)	$1,175 → $1,688 (+43.7%)

Oak Creek

Population

959652

Median household income

$47,813$88,512

Median home value

$166,500$377,400

Median gross rent

$971$1,167

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)

	Oak Creek	Yampa
Under 5	1.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	21.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	22.8%
75 and over	2.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Creek	Yampa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Creek	Yampa
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Creek	Yampa
Drove alone	82.3%	45.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	28.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Creek	Yampa
1-unit, detached	78.9%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Oak Creek	Yampa
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1949	1975