Coal Creek, Jefferson County, Colorado

History

The Coal Creek, Colorado Territory, post office operated from April 9, 1864, until October 29, 1873, but the Golden, Colorado, post office (Zip code 80403) now serves the area.

Geography

The Coal Creek CDP has an area of 24.355 km2, including 0.039 km2 of water.

Public Transportation

From the 1990s through the early 2010s, Coal Creek Canyon was served by a limited commuter transit route operated by the Regional Transportation District (RTD). The service, known as Route CC, connected residents of the canyon to the Olde Town Arvada Park-n-Ride, with Park-n-Ride stops at Wondervu, the Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association, and at the junction of State Highways 72 and 93.

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).

|Jan record high F = 60 |Feb record high F = 58 |Mar record high F = 66 |Apr record high F = 73 |May record high F = 81 |Jun record high F = 88 |Jul record high F = 89 |Aug record high F = 87 |Sep record high F = 84 |Oct record high F = 75 |Nov record high F = 67 |Dec record high F = 60

|Jan avg record high F = 51.5 |Feb avg record high F = 51.4 |Mar avg record high F = 58.3 |Apr avg record high F = 63.9 |May avg record high F = 71.7 |Jun avg record high F = 80.5 |Jul avg record high F = 83.2 |Aug avg record high F = 81.0 |Sep avg record high F = 76.9 |Oct avg record high F = 68.7 |Nov avg record high F = 58.3 |Dec avg record high F = 51.6 |year avg record high F = 84.4

|Jan avg record low F = -6.8 |Feb avg record low F = -8.4 |Mar avg record low F = -0.4 |Apr avg record low F = 7.5 |May avg record low F = 19.3 |Jun avg record low F = 31.1 |Jul avg record low F = 39.1 |Aug avg record low F = 36.7 |Sep avg record low F = 24.8 |Oct avg record low F = 12.4 |Nov avg record low F = 0.9 |Dec avg record low F = -8.3 |year avg record low F = -15.5

|Jan record low F = -24 |Feb record low F = -36 |Mar record low F = -18 |Apr record low F = -10 |May record low F = 4 |Jun record low F = 26 |Jul record low F = 33 |Aug record low F = 30 |Sep record low F = 3 |Oct record low F = -11 |Nov record low F = -17 |Dec record low F = -30

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Demographics

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.

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Coal Creek CDP for the United States Census 2000. |2000|2,323 |2010|2,400 |2020|2494

References

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