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Coal Creek CDP, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Coal Creek CDP is a Census CDP of 2,346 people across 9.39 square miles of land, lying across Jefferson County and Boulder County and Gilpin County. Median household income is $134,250, 90.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Coal Creek
What Coal Creek is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area9.39 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land250 plus or minus 55
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 63.2 percent
- Counties this place lies inJefferson County 63.2 percent, Boulder County 22.5 percent, Gilpin County 14.3 percent
Coal Creek CDP crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Coal Creek
How many people live in Coal Creek
- Population2,346 plus or minus 516
- Median age53.7
- Population under 18321 plus or minus 161
- Share under 1813.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Population 65 and over489 plus or minus 185
- Share 65 and over20.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Households1,138 plus or minus 244
- Family households789 plus or minus 208
- Share of households that are families69.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Coal Creek
Income and work in Coal Creek
- Median household income$134,250 plus or minus $29,093
- Per capita income$70,469
- Civilian labor force1,306 plus or minus 283
- Employed1,275 plus or minus 282
- Unemployed31 plus or minus 32
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over1,942 plus or minus 422
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent plus or minus 29.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher58.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.5 percent plus or minus 7.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Coal Creek
Housing in Coal Creek
- Housing units1,260 plus or minus 252
- Occupied units1,138 plus or minus 244
- Vacant units122 plus or minus 80
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Owner occupied1,034 plus or minus 227
- Renter occupied104 plus or minus 80
- Ownership rate90.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$625,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,868 plus or minus $1,053
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 10.1
- Single family units1,260
- Share single family100.0 percent plus or minus 28.2
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Coal Creek gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,080 plus or minus 245
- Commuting under 15 minutes43 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting under 15 minutes4.0 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more966 plus or minus 205
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more89.4 percent plus or minus 27.8
- Drove alone79.9 percent
- Carpooled1.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home15.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson County, not Coal Creek
Jefferson County context, not Coal Creek figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Coal Creek measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County17,999
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County210,701
- Covered employment, Jefferson County248,082
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$78,598
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,512
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County1,172
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County932
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$46,222,558,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$87,753
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Coal Creek. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA figures are shown. withheld: Colorado has 2 places named Coal Creek and the tape records none of their loans in Jefferson County.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Coal Creek questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Coal Creek, Colorado?
2,346, in 1,138 households. Coal Creek CDP covers 9.39 square miles of land, which is 250 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Coal Creek in?
Coal Creek lies in more than one. By area it is 63.2 percent in Jefferson County, 22.5 percent in Boulder County, 14.3 percent in Gilpin County. This page sits under Jefferson County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Coal Creek?
$134,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $625,800. Median gross rent is $1,868 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Coal Creek figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Coal Creek.
Is zoning published for Coal Creek?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.