Ophir vs Telluride

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

Ophir 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 144 in Ophir). Ophir has the higher median household income ($125,938 vs $97,330 in Telluride). Ophir has the higher median home value ($875,000 vs $390,300 in Telluride).

Population, income & housing

	Ophir	Telluride
Population	144	2,595
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,938	$97,330
Median home value	$875,000	$390,300
Median gross rent	$1,188	$2,269
Housing units	62	2,294
Homeownership rate	69.5%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.6%	85.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ophir	Telluride
Population	193 → 144 (-25.4%)	1,965 → 2,595 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $125,938 (+32.6%)	$67,356 → $97,330 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$625,000 → $875,000 (+40.0%)	$410,800 → $390,300 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,188 (+21.2%)	$1,412 → $2,269 (+60.7%)

Ophir

Population

193144

Median household income

$95,000$125,938

Median home value

$625,000$875,000

Median gross rent

$980$1,188

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)

	Ophir	Telluride
Under 5	5.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	25.7%	16.8%
35 to 44	18.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	29.9%	22.3%
55 to 64	5.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	1.4%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ophir	Telluride
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.1%
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	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ophir	Telluride
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	1.7%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	64.1%	70.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ophir	Telluride
Drove alone	81.0%	14.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	43.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.6%
Worked from home	13.3%	26.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ophir	Telluride
1-unit, detached	96.8%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Ophir	Telluride
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	8
Median year structure built	1990	1986