Leadville vs Twin Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Leadville and Twin Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Leadville and Twin Lakes are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leadville has the higher population (2,634 vs 504 in Twin Lakes). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($138,025 vs $83,875 in Leadville). Twin Lakes has the higher median home value ($618,400 vs $374,700 in Leadville).

Population, income & housing

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
Population	2,634	504
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,875	$138,025
Median home value	$374,700	$618,400
Median gross rent	$1,651	—
Housing units	1,523	335
Homeownership rate	72.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
Population	2,742 → 2,634 (-3.9%)	196 → 504 (+157.1%)
Median household income	$64,205 → $83,875 (+30.6%)	$63,958 → $138,025 (+115.8%)
Median home value	$218,300 → $374,700 (+71.6%)	$333,900 → $618,400 (+85.2%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,651 (+79.3%)	—

Leadville

Population

2,7422,634

Median household income

$64,205$83,875

Median home value

$218,300$374,700

Median gross rent

$921$1,651

Twin Lakes

Population

196504

Median household income

$63,958$138,025

Median home value

$333,900$618,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	20.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	27.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.5%
75 and over	3.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	57.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.7%	41.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	2.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	65.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	9.2%
Bicycle	10.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	14.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	87.8%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leadville	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	9.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.02	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	38
Median year structure built	1938	1993