Center vs Crestone

A side-by-side comparison of Center and Crestone: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Center has the higher population (2,312 vs 31 in Crestone). Center has the higher median household income ($50,057 vs $8,839 in Crestone). Since 2019, Center's population has grown faster (+4.8% vs -64.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Center	Crestone
Population	2,312	31
Median age	36.1 yrs	62.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,057	$8,839
Median home value	$115,600	—
Median gross rent	$478	—
Housing units	1,137	44
Homeownership rate	65.7%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	100.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center	Crestone
Population	2,207 → 2,312 (+4.8%)	86 → 31 (-64.0%)
Median household income	$32,250 → $50,057 (+55.2%)	$8,750 → $8,839 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$79,100 → $115,600 (+46.1%)	$162,500 → $178,500 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$434 → $478 (+10.1%)	—

Center

Population

2,2072,312

Median household income

$32,250$50,057

Median home value

$79,100$115,600

Median gross rent

$434$478

Crestone

Population

8631

Median household income

$8,750$8,839

Median home value

$162,500$178,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center	Crestone
Under 5	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	3.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	48.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	0.0%
75 and over	4.0%	48.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center	Crestone
White (non-Hispanic)	5.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	90.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center	Crestone
No high school diploma	26.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	100.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center	Crestone
Drove alone	64.7%	0.0%
Carpooled	29.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	86.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center	Crestone
1-unit, detached	68.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Center	Crestone
Poverty rate	26.0%	90.3%
Average household size	2.25	1.03
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1972	1994