Mount Crested Butte vs Pitkin

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

Mount 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.

Mount Crested Butte has the higher population (829 vs 127 in Pitkin). Mount Crested Butte has the higher median household income ($93,182 vs $82,692 in Pitkin). Mount Crested Butte has the higher median home value ($594,600 vs $317,900 in Pitkin).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
Population	829	127
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,182	$82,692
Median home value	$594,600	$317,900
Median gross rent	$1,717	—
Housing units	1,597	221
Homeownership rate	71.1%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.8%	58.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
Population	989 → 829 (-16.2%)	91 → 127 (+39.6%)
Median household income	$80,156 → $93,182 (+16.3%)	$60,500 → $82,692 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$438,000 → $594,600 (+35.8%)	$290,600 → $317,900 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,273 → $1,717 (+34.9%)	—

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

Pitkin

Population

91127

Median household income

$60,500$82,692

Median home value

$290,600$317,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	1.8%	35.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	29.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	7.9%
45 to 54	22.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	24.4%
65 to 74	3.5%	17.3%
75 and over	4.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	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	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	57.1%	58.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
Drove alone	43.2%	38.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	0.0%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	26.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	61.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
1-unit, detached	21.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	31.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Crested Butte	Pitkin
Poverty rate	10.5%	3.1%
Average household size	1.88	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	10	—
Median year structure built	1986	1973