Aspen vs Snowmass Village

A side-by-side comparison of Aspen and Snowmass Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Aspen and Snowmass Village are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aspen has the higher population (6,862 vs 3,048 in Snowmass Village). Snowmass Village has the higher median household income ($107,559 vs $78,636 in Aspen). Snowmass Village has the higher median home value ($1,748,000 vs $1,375,000 in Aspen).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
Population	6,862	3,048
Median age	41.7 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,636	$107,559
Median home value	$1,375,000	$1,748,000
Median gross rent	$1,897	$1,951
Housing units	6,107	3,046
Homeownership rate	59.4%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	69.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
Population	7,431 → 6,862 (-7.7%)	2,783 → 3,048 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$78,292 → $78,636 (+0.4%)	$70,634 → $107,559 (+52.3%)
Median home value	$636,400 → $1,375,000 (+116.1%)	$884,400 → $1,748,000 (+97.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,897 (+26.5%)	$1,142 → $1,951 (+70.8%)

Aspen

Population

7,4316,862

Median household income

$78,292$78,636

Median home value

$636,400$1,375,000

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,897

Snowmass Village

Population

2,7833,048

Median household income

$70,634$107,559

Median home value

$884,400$1,748,000

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
Under 5	2.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	7.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	19.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	19.8%
75 and over	6.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	9.5%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	43.0%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
Drove alone	38.9%	40.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.9%
Public transit	9.1%	26.2%
Walked	14.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	15.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	20.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
1-unit, detached	17.6%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	37.5%
20 or more units	22.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Aspen	Snowmass Village
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.65	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1986	1979