What is the population of Telluride town?

Telluride town has 2,595 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #156 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Telluride town?

Median household income in Telluride town is $97,330 a year, 23.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Telluride town?

Median gross rent is $2,269 a month and the median home value is $390,300, so rent absorbs about 28% of median household income.

Is Telluride town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Telluride town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Telluride, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Telluride, Colorado (Telluride, CO — Census place “Telluride town”) is 2,595 residents, ranking #156 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $97,330, the median home is worth $390,300 and median gross rent runs $2,269 a month. Looking for the Telluride Colorado ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Telluride, CO: 81435.

Population: 2,595Telluride town residents
Median household income: $97,330Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $390,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,269Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.4%Owner-occupied households

Telluride ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Telluride.

The Telluride CO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

81435

What the numbers mean in Telluride town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Telluride town median would spend about 28% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.2% of residents and 72.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Telluride town, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Telluride town is a small town in Colorado, with 2,595 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #156 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Telluride town earn a median of $97,330 a year, 23.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 13% above the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Telluride town is valued at $390,300, 28.6% above the national figure and 14% below the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,269 a month, 61.4% above the national figure, or roughly $27,228 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 72.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Telluride town?: Telluride town has 2,595 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #156 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Telluride town?: Median household income in Telluride town is $97,330 a year, 23.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Telluride town?: Median gross rent is $2,269 a month and the median home value is $390,300, so rent absorbs about 28% of median household income.
Is Telluride town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Telluride town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 28% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Telluride town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.