About Basalt

Basalt is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,675 people and just one neighborhood, Basalt is the 108th largest community in Colorado.

Basalt is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.69% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Basalt is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Basalt who work in management occupations (15.70%), sales jobs (15.18%), and food service (10.87%).

Of important note, Basalt is also a town of artists. Basalt has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Basalt's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 12.62% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small town, Basalt does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Basalt Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Basalt. 49.87% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Basalt in 2000 was $30,746, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,984 for a family of four. However, Basalt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Basalt home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Basalt is White, followed by Asian. Basalt also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.22% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Basalt include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Basalt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.