Coal Creek, commonly known as Coal Creek Canyon, is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in Jefferson, Boulder, and Gilpin counties, Colorado, United States. The population of the Coal Creek CDP was 2,494 at the United States Census 2020.

Geography

The Coal Creek CDP has an area of , including of water.

Around 2010, due to low ridership RTD transferred operations of the route to Boulder County, rebranding it as the Coal Creek Express (CCE). Despite reduced costs and efforts to expand ridership—including a proposed extension to Nederland in 2011—the service was discontinued during RTD’s 2012 system-wide service reductions. Currently no fixed-route public transportation operates in Coal Creek Canyon.

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Coal Creek has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps, but closely borders on an oceanic climate (Cfb).

Demographics

<!-- As of the census of 2000, there were 2,323 people, 985 households, and 650 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,168 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.52% White, 0.17% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 1.16% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.79% of the population.

There were 985 households, out of which 28.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.77.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 38.5% from 25 to 44, 31.4% from 45 to 64, and 4.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $73,750, and the median income for a family was $79,129. Males had a median income of $48,295 versus $34,856 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $34,911. About 2.7% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

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The United States Census Bureau initially defined the for the

See also

  • Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
  • Front Range Urban Corridor
  • List of census-designated places in Colorado
  • List of populated places in Colorado

References

  • State of Colorado
  • History Colorado
  • Coal Creek Canyon @ UncoverColorado.com
  • Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association
  • Canyon Cares of Coal Creek Canyon
  • Coal Creek Canyon Fire Protection District
  • Coal Creek Canyon Park and Recreation District
  • Coal Creek Canyon Mountain Messenger