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Population (year 2000): 1,740. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,260 (+29.9% change)
Males: 907 (52.1%), Females: 833 (47.9%)
Garfield County
Zip code:
81652
Median resident age: 31.4 years
Median household income: $44,632 (year 2000)
Median house value: $140,000 (year 2000)
Races in Silt:
- White Non-Hispanic (83.5%)
- Hispanic (14.2%)
- Other race (7.4%)
- American Indian (2.0%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (16.8%), English (11.5%),
Irish (10.5%), United States (7.5%), Italian (6.0%), Norwegian
(4.2%).
Elevation: 5438 feet
Land area: 2.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Silt
- High school or higher: 80.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
- Unemployed: 4.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 37.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Silt town
- Never married: 26.2%
- Now married: 54.3%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 4.0%
- Divorced: 14.7%
7.4% Foreign born (6.7% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +620 (+55.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Silt:
- CLAGETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; RIFLE,
CO)
- VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSN (about 23 miles; GLENWOOD
SPRINGS, CO)
- PIONEERS HOSPITAL OF RIO BLANCO (about 39 miles;
MEEKER, CO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Silt:
- EAGLE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 52 miles; EAGLE, CO;
ID: EGE)
- ASPEN-PITKIN CO/SARDY FIELD (about 59 miles; ASPEN,
CO; ID: ASE)
- WALKER FIELD (about 67 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO;
ID: GJT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Silt:
- GARFIELD COUNTY REGIONAL (about 5 miles; RIFLE, CO;
ID: RIL)
- GLENWOOD SPRINGS MUNI (about 25 miles; GLENWOOD
SPRINGS, CO; ID: GWS)
- MEEKER (about 38 miles; MEEKER, CO; ID: EEO)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Silt:
- COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (about 23 miles; GLENWOOD
SPRINGS, CO; Full-time enrollment: 3,400)
- MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 71 miles; GRAND JUNCTION,
CO; FT enrollment: 4,415)
- WESTERN STATE COLLEGE COLORADO (about 77 miles;
GUNNISON, CO; FT enrollment: 2,199)
- FORT LEWIS COLLEGE (about 156 miles; DURANGO, CO; FT
enrollment: 4,051)
- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER (about 162 miles;
BOULDER, CO; FT enrollment: 25,355)
- COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 164 miles; Fort
Collins, CO; FT enrollment: 22,684)
- COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (about 171 miles; GOLDEN,
CO; FT enrollment: 3,183)
Public primary/middle school in Silt:
- ROY MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 357;
Location: 822 ORCHARD AVENUE; Grades: PK - 05)
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