Crestone vs Saguache

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

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

Saguache has the higher population (554 vs 31 in Crestone). Saguache has the higher median household income ($54,609 vs $8,839 in Crestone). Since 2019, Saguache's population has grown faster (+21.8% vs -64.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Crestone	Saguache
Population	31	554
Median age	62.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$8,839	$54,609
Median home value	—	$112,000
Median gross rent	—	$782
Housing units	44	368
Homeownership rate	93.3%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestone	Saguache
Population	86 → 31 (-64.0%)	455 → 554 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$8,750 → $8,839 (+1.0%)	$33,125 → $54,609 (+64.9%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $178,500 (+9.8%)	$133,700 → $112,000 (-16.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$578 → $782 (+35.3%)

Crestone

Population

8631

Median household income

$8,750$8,839

Median home value

$162,500$178,500

Saguache

Population

455554

Median household income

$33,125$54,609

Median home value

$133,700$112,000

Median gross rent

$578$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestone	Saguache
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	3.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	48.4%	21.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	2.2%
75 and over	48.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestone	Saguache
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	46.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	38.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestone	Saguache
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	100.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestone	Saguache
Drove alone	0.0%	65.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.3%	16.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	86.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestone	Saguache
1-unit, detached	100.0%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Crestone	Saguache
Poverty rate	90.3%	3.4%
Average household size	1.03	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1994	1976