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Mount Crested Butte is a tiny town of 823 people in Gunnison County, Colorado. It's about 87 miles from Grand Junction, CO and 126 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 73°F and winter highs 23°F, with about 257 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $555k and rent runs about $2k a month.
823people
$555kTypical home
$2,129/moRent
73° / 23°Summer / winter
257"Snow
275Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 823
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 398 people per sq mi
- 126 mi to Denver, CO
- 87 mi to Grand Junction, CO
- 49 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $555k (≈$3,502/mo)
- Median rent $2,129/mo
- Median household income $85k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 73°F
- Winter highs around 23°F
- Dry summers (dew point 33°F)
- 275 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 90 cloudy days a year
- 24 of 90 winter days are gray
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 257" of snow a year
- 65 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 112 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (124 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,130 per 100k)
People
- Median age 42
- 10% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 79% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 23% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to ASE airport
- 122 mi to COS (major hub)
- 48 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 45% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1987
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 9,728 ft
- 634 mi to the ocean
- 105 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- Ski area in town
- Campground in town
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 87 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 12 bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 21 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 24% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 25 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Gunnison County: D+29 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very 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