Crested Butte vs Marble

A side-by-side comparison of Crested Butte and Marble: population, income, housing, and more.

Crested Butte and Marble are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crested Butte has the higher population (1,436 vs 236 in Marble). Marble has the higher median household income ($166,000 vs $71,923 in Crested Butte). Since 2019, Marble's population has grown faster (+105.2% vs +7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Crested Butte	Marble
Population	1,436	236
Median age	44.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,923	$166,000
Median home value	$928,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,437	—
Housing units	1,272	143
Homeownership rate	65.8%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.7%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crested Butte	Marble
Population	1,339 → 1,436 (+7.2%)	115 → 236 (+105.2%)
Median household income	$70,644 → $71,923 (+1.8%)	$73,750 → $166,000 (+125.1%)
Median home value	$568,500 → $928,100 (+63.3%)	$350,000 → $625,000 (+78.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,437 (-0.6%)	$1,781 → $2,188 (+22.9%)

Crested Butte

Population

1,3391,436

Median household income

$70,644$71,923

Median home value

$568,500$928,100

Median gross rent

$1,446$1,437

Marble

Population

115236

Median household income

$73,750$166,000

Median home value

$350,000$625,000

Median gross rent

$1,781$2,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crested Butte	Marble
Under 5	2.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	23.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	21.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	8.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	16.5%
75 and over	3.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crested Butte	Marble
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crested Butte	Marble
No high school diploma	0.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	9.6%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	52.6%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crested Butte	Marble
Drove alone	28.9%	59.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	28.3%	20.0%
Bicycle	21.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crested Butte	Marble
1-unit, detached	61.1%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Crested Butte	Marble
Poverty rate	5.9%	1.3%
Average household size	1.76	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	11	44
Median year structure built	1984	1991