Cripple Creek vs Woodland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Cripple Creek and Woodland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Cripple Creek and Woodland Park are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodland Park has the higher population (7,909 vs 822 in Cripple Creek). Woodland Park has the higher median household income ($96,896 vs $39,198 in Cripple Creek). Woodland Park has the higher median home value ($489,400 vs $244,600 in Cripple Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
Population	822	7,909
Median age	62.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,198	$96,896
Median home value	$244,600	$489,400
Median gross rent	$1,078	$1,971
Housing units	698	3,493
Homeownership rate	56.4%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
Population	1,021 → 822 (-19.5%)	7,555 → 7,909 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$35,132 → $39,198 (+11.6%)	$77,912 → $96,896 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $244,600 (+66.6%)	$323,500 → $489,400 (+51.3%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,078 (+21.5%)	$1,276 → $1,971 (+54.5%)

Cripple Creek

Population

1,021822

Median household income

$35,132$39,198

Median home value

$146,800$244,600

Median gross rent

$887$1,078

Woodland Park

Population

7,5557,909

Median household income

$77,912$96,896

Median home value

$323,500$489,400

Median gross rent

$1,276$1,971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
Under 5	3.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	7.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	17.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	4.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	35.5%	13.6%
75 and over	8.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	85.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	2.1%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.2%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
Drove alone	70.8%	69.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.1%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	55.9%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cripple Creek	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	17.2%	8.4%
Average household size	1.63	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	12	28
Median year structure built	1983	1992