Marble vs Mount Crested Butte

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

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

Mount Crested Butte has the higher population (829 vs 236 in Marble). Marble has the higher median household income ($166,000 vs $93,182 in Mount Crested Butte). Since 2019, Marble's population has grown faster (+105.2% vs -16.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
Population	236	829
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$166,000	$93,182
Median home value	—	$594,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,717
Housing units	143	1,597
Homeownership rate	60.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
Population	115 → 236 (+105.2%)	989 → 829 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $166,000 (+125.1%)	$80,156 → $93,182 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $625,000 (+78.6%)	$438,000 → $594,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,781 → $2,188 (+22.9%)	$1,273 → $1,717 (+34.9%)

Marble

Population

115236

Median household income

$73,750$166,000

Median home value

$350,000$625,000

Median gross rent

$1,781$2,188

Mount Crested Butte

Population

989829

Median household income

$80,156$93,182

Median home value

$438,000$594,600

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
Under 5	1.3%	1.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	1.8%
18 to 24	23.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	3.0%	29.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	22.1%
55 to 64	6.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	16.5%	3.5%
75 and over	5.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	93.7%
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	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	57.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
Drove alone	59.4%	43.2%
Carpooled	19.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	6.4%
Walked	20.0%	26.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
1-unit, detached	84.6%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	32.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	31.1%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marble	Mount Crested Butte
Poverty rate	1.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.15	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	44	10
Median year structure built	1991	1986