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Mount Crested Butte ZIP codes, Colorado

No ZIP code is named for Mount Crested Butte, CO; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 81225. Its area code is 970.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
823
Area code
970

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Mount Crested Butte itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Crested Butte (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Mount Crested Butte in numbers

About 823 people live in Mount Crested Butte, in 472 households. The median household income is $85,357 a year, 11% below the Colorado median of $95,470 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $555,300 (about the same as the Colorado median), and median gross rent is $2,129 a month. The median age is 42.3; 88.1% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (45.7% across Colorado); the average commute takes 13 minutes.

Population823Mount Crested Butte823
Households472Mount Crested Butte472
Median age42.3Mount Crested Butte42.3Colorado37.7US 38.9
Median household income$85,357Mount Crested Butte$85,357Colorado$95,470US $80,734
Median home value$555,300Mount Crested Butte$555,300Colorado$539,400US $332,700
Median gross rent$2,129Mount Crested Butte$2,129Colorado$1,761US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher88.1%Mount Crested Butte88.1%Colorado45.7%US 35.7%
Mean commute13.0 minMount Crested Butte13.0 minColorado25.2 minUS 26.4 min
Population density398 / sq miMount Crested Butte398 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Mount Crested Butte town. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Mount Crested Butte

These ZIP codes cover part of Mount Crested Butte but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Mount Crested Butte
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
81225 Crested Butte , CO Standard 823 $85,357 $555,300

Map of Mount Crested Butte ZIP codes

81225

The ZIP codes of Mount Crested Butte, CO, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Mount Crested Butte

The nearest larger towns are Crested Butte (1,229 people, 2.9 mi), Aspen (6,756 people, 21 mi) and Snowmass Village (2,972 people, 21 mi).

Towns near Mount Crested Butte
TownPopulationDistance
Aspen 6,756 20.9 mi
Snowmass Village 2,972 21.3 mi
Gunnison 6,766 25.0 mi

More nearby: every ZIP code in Gunnison County · Colorado ZIP codes

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