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Mountain Village is a small town of 2,185 people in San Miguel County, Colorado. It's about 83 miles from Farmington, NM and 204 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 130 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,185people
$2.0MTypical home
$1,072/moRent
74° / 33°Summer / winter
130"Snow
285Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,185
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 662 people per sq mi
- 204 mi to Denver, CO
- 83 mi to Farmington, NM
- 37 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $1,072/mo
- Median household income $53k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 37°F)
- 285 sunny days a year (118 totally clear)
- 80 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 130" of snow a year
- 39 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 81 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (70 per 100k)
- Low property crime (890 per 100k)
People
- Median age 34
- 30% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 62% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 40% walk or take transit to work
- 3 mi to TEX airport
- 181 mi to COS (major hub)
- 115 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 37% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2001
- 69% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 9,515 ft
- 551 mi to the ocean
- 137 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- Ski area in town
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 56 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 11 bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 2% of Colorado districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 28 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 37 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 38 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- San Miguel County: D+49 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk