Mountain Village vs Telluride

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain Village and Telluride: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Telluride has the higher population (2,595 vs 1,713 in Mountain Village). Telluride has the higher median household income ($97,330 vs $59,881 in Mountain Village). Mountain Village has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $390,300 in Telluride).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Village	Telluride
Population	1,713	2,595
Median age	36.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,881	$97,330
Median home value	$2,000,001	$390,300
Median gross rent	$885	$2,269
Housing units	1,809	2,294
Homeownership rate	33.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	85.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Village	Telluride
Population	1,842 → 1,713 (-7.0%)	1,965 → 2,595 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $59,881 (+12.7%)	$67,356 → $97,330 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$739,900 → $2,000,001 (+170.3%)	$410,800 → $390,300 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $885 (+13.0%)	$1,412 → $2,269 (+60.7%)

Mountain Village

Population

1,8421,713

Median household income

$53,125$59,881

Median home value

$739,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$783$885

Telluride

Population

1,9652,595

Median household income

$67,356$97,330

Median home value

$410,800$390,300

Median gross rent

$1,412$2,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Village	Telluride
Under 5	0.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	28.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	19.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	22.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.8%
75 and over	4.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Village	Telluride
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Village	Telluride
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.9%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	70.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Village	Telluride
Drove alone	40.6%	14.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.2%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	32.0%	43.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	9.6%
Worked from home	8.4%	26.6%
Other means	9.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Village	Telluride
1-unit, detached	34.3%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	28.2%
20 or more units	41.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Village	Telluride
Poverty rate	16.9%	6.2%
Average household size	1.71	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	13	8
Median year structure built	1999	1986