Steamboat Springs vs Yampa

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

Steamboat Springs and Yampa 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 342 in Yampa). Steamboat Springs has the higher median household income ($100,156 vs $68,750 in Yampa). Steamboat Springs has the higher median home value ($874,400 vs $317,900 in Yampa).

Population, income & housing

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
Population	13,341	342
Median age	43.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,156	$68,750
Median home value	$874,400	$317,900
Median gross rent	$1,909	$1,688
Housing units	10,663	189
Homeownership rate	68.5%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
Population	12,928 → 13,341 (+3.2%)	413 → 342 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$77,419 → $100,156 (+29.4%)	$53,125 → $68,750 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$584,200 → $874,400 (+49.7%)	$224,000 → $317,900 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,374 → $1,909 (+38.9%)	$1,175 → $1,688 (+43.7%)

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

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)

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	22.8%
75 and over	6.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	3.8%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	8.5%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	14.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
Drove alone	64.8%	45.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	17.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	8.5%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	28.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
1-unit, detached	30.3%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Steamboat Springs	Yampa
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	14	31
Median year structure built	1993	1975