Crested Butte vs Pitkin

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

Crested Butte and Pitkin 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 127 in Pitkin). Pitkin has the higher median household income ($82,692 vs $71,923 in Crested Butte). Crested Butte has the higher median home value ($928,100 vs $317,900 in Pitkin).

Population, income & housing

	Crested Butte	Pitkin
Population	1,436	127
Median age	44.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,923	$82,692
Median home value	$928,100	$317,900
Median gross rent	$1,437	—
Housing units	1,272	221
Homeownership rate	65.8%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.7%	58.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crested Butte	Pitkin
Population	1,339 → 1,436 (+7.2%)	91 → 127 (+39.6%)
Median household income	$70,644 → $71,923 (+1.8%)	$60,500 → $82,692 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$568,500 → $928,100 (+63.3%)	$290,600 → $317,900 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,446 → $1,437 (-0.6%)	—

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

Pitkin

Population

91127

Median household income

$60,500$82,692

Median home value

$290,600$317,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crested Butte	Pitkin
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	35.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	21.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	24.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	17.3%
75 and over	3.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crested Butte	Pitkin
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
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	Pitkin
No high school diploma	0.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.6%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	52.6%	58.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crested Butte	Pitkin
Drove alone	28.9%	38.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	28.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	21.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	61.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crested Butte	Pitkin
1-unit, detached	61.1%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Crested Butte	Pitkin
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.1%
Average household size	1.76	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	11	—
Median year structure built	1984	1973