Crested Butte, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Crested Butte, CO: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 4,398. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CRESTED-BUTTE-CO · Crested Butte, CO 2 ZIPs · 4,398 pop · #6984/25278 · Gunnison County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP
- INC-HIGH $87,632
- RANK-UPPER #6984/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Gunnison
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 76% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 4,398
- SPREAD-TIGHT 81225→81224
- HOME-TOP $739,450
Nearest income peer: Gunnison, CO ( $9,690 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Crested Butte
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Crested Butte on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Powderhorn · lowest $73,636
Powderhorn · lowest
$73,636 median HH income
- Gunnison · near $77,942
Gunnison · near
$77,942 median HH income
- Crested Butte · this city $87,632
Crested Butte · this city
$87,632 median HH income
- Ohio City · near
Ohio City · near
$134,038 median HH income
- Somerset · near
Somerset · near
$143,074 median HH income
- Cimarron · highest
Cimarron · highest
$250,001 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Crested Butte, CO sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 28%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 4,398
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $87,632
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (2) - lead code 81224 (3,446 residents). Household income $87,632 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Crested Butte as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, La Salle is the closest lower-income city and Kremmling the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Crested Butte.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Crested Butte differ
Housing values create the stronger within-city contrast here. ZIP 81225 has a median home value of $555,300, compared with $923,600 in 81224. Use the city average for a broad profile, then compare these ZIP pages when a housing decision depends on the local market.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.7×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 5.4 points
81225 to 81224
81225 to 81224
81224 to 81225
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
ZIP Codes in Crested Butte, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Gunnison County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Crested Butte. See the Gunnison County roll-up →
Crested Butte lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Gunnison County: Somerset, Cimarron and Ohio City earn more and Gunnison and Powderhorn earn less. Cimarron marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 185% above Crested Butte.
Side-by-side: Compare 81224 vs 81225 →
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Crested Butte, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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