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Country around Yampa is a rural area of about 455 people in Routt County, Colorado, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 89 miles from Boulder, CO and 111 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 76°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 131 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $430k and rent runs about $2k a month.
455people
$430kTypical home
$1,917/moRent
76° / 28°Summer / winter
131"Snow
240Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 455 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 5 people per sq mi
- 111 mi to Denver, CO
- 89 mi to Boulder, CO
- 27 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $430k (≈$2,708/mo)
- Median rent $1,917/mo
- Median household income $85k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 76°F
- Winter highs around 28°F
- Dry summers (dew point 37°F)
- 240 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 125 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- 131" of snow a year
- 46 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 68 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (191 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (749 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 21% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 45% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to HDN airport
- 121 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 43 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 8,757 ft
- 702 mi to the ocean
- 56 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 26 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 13 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 44 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 15% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 26 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 28 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 41 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 43 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Routt County: D+28 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.