Placerville vs Telluride

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

Placerville 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 336 in Placerville). Placerville has the higher median household income ($128,250 vs $97,330 in Telluride). Placerville has the higher median home value ($969,400 vs $390,300 in Telluride).

Population, income & housing

	Placerville	Telluride
Population	336	2,595
Median age	55.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$128,250	$97,330
Median home value	$969,400	$390,300
Median gross rent	—	$2,269
Housing units	176	2,294
Homeownership rate	81.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.6%	85.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placerville	Telluride
Population	360 → 336 (-6.7%)	1,965 → 2,595 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$85,288 → $128,250 (+50.4%)	$67,356 → $97,330 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$514,700 → $969,400 (+88.3%)	$410,800 → $390,300 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,412 → $2,269 (+60.7%)

Placerville

Population

360336

Median household income

$85,288$128,250

Median home value

$514,700$969,400

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)

	Placerville	Telluride
Under 5	8.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	6.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	17.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	22.3%
55 to 64	22.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	29.8%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placerville	Telluride
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	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	11.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Placerville	Telluride
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	6.7%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	52.8%	70.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placerville	Telluride
Drove alone	73.8%	14.9%
Carpooled	15.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	43.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	9.6%
Worked from home	4.2%	26.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placerville	Telluride
1-unit, detached	90.9%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	21.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Placerville	Telluride
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	8
Median year structure built	1994	1986