Phippsburg vs Steamboat Springs

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

Phippsburg 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 399 in Phippsburg). Phippsburg has the higher median household income ($110,870 vs $100,156 in Steamboat Springs). Steamboat Springs has the higher median home value ($874,400 vs $310,000 in Phippsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
Population	399	13,341
Median age	33.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,870	$100,156
Median home value	$310,000	$874,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,909
Housing units	170	10,663
Homeownership rate	71.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
Population	227 → 399 (+75.8%)	12,928 → 13,341 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$63,672 → $110,870 (+74.1%)	$77,419 → $100,156 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $310,000 (+65.3%)	$584,200 → $874,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,374 → $1,909 (+38.9%)

Phippsburg

Population

227399

Median household income

$63,672$110,870

Median home value

$187,500$310,000

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)

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
Under 5	7.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	8.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	38.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	4.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	26.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.9%
75 and over	4.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	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	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.8%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	17.4%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	44.5%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
Drove alone	67.9%	64.8%
Carpooled	17.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
1-unit, detached	70.6%	30.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	24.8%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Phippsburg	Steamboat Springs
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	14
Median year structure built	1938	1993