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Basalt, CO

4,335 Population
2 square miles 2,143.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$65,916 ±$10,038 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: $62,205 ±$5,328
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,855 ±$24,487 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: $104,096 ±$5,224
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±3.2% (315  ±140) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 8.7% † 4,760 (±2.3% / ±1,283)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.7 minutes ±1.9 (68,785  ±11,094) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 22.2 596,615 (±1.1 / ±42,405)
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,963 ±239 Number of households
  • the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 22,058 ±525
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (4,335  ±398) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 2.5 55,062 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.7% ±8.5% (142  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 5.2% † 666 (±2.4% / ±308)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,181 ±263 Number of housing units
  • the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 33,915 ±28
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$1,180,300 ±$90,827 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: $839,500 ±$59,304
  • more than double the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.4% ±7.8% (915  ±342.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 13.4% † 7,344 (±2.4% / ±1,320.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.2% ±8.2% (3,293  ±479.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 95.1% 38,134 (±4.8% / ±1,960.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
57.2% ±8.6% (1,897  ±364) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 50.9% 20,430 (±3.4% / ±1,364.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% ±2.2% (125  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 16.4% 9,051
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±2.6% (150  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Edwards, CO Micro Area: 4.8% † 2,111 (±1.3% / ±588)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
150 Total veterans ±96 139 Male ±97 11 Female ±20

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