Side-by-side metrics and state or size-class ranks use the same Census and FBI fields shown on this profile. Results stay in the URL so you can bookmark or share them.
Place dossier plate
SheetCO-TELLURIDE-CO · Telluride, CO 2,595 pop · income 76th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Telluride
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Telluride on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Allendale · lowest
25,250
Allendale · lowest
25,250 median HH income
19.7% of the leader · rank #1
Newcastle · near
97,315
Newcastle · near
97,315 median HH income
76.0% of the leader · rank #2
Markleeville · near
97,321
Markleeville · near
97,321 median HH income
76.0% of the leader · rank #3
Telluride · this city
97,330
Telluride · this city
97,330 median HH income
76.0% of the leader · rank #4
West Glens Fa… · near
97,333
West Glens Fa… · near
97,333 median HH income
76.0% of the leader · rank #5
Aberdeen · near
97,344
Aberdeen · near
97,344 median HH income
76.1% of the leader · rank #6
Holly Hills · highest
127,989
Holly Hills · highest
127,989 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Telluride on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,595.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Telluride - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Telluride places in the 76th percentile for household income and the 51st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
76th
percentile, household income
76th
percentile, home value
68th
percentile, median rent
51st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Telluride, CO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,595 residents in Telluride, a small town within Colorado. The typical household in Telluride brings in $97,330 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Telluride's housing stock carries a median value of $390,300, and the median resident age is 42.4 years. 85.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 68.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 12 residential building permits were authorized in Telluride (Slowing), down 20% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Telluride reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1323.7 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 38.1°F with 20.4 inches of precipitation per year and 130.8 inches of snowfall.
Colorado carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Colorado scores 103.1 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,429 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $202 across Colorado, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 40.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Telluride's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to population change to climate and hazard context to work and mobility to reported crime to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Telluride, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Telluride?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 85.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Is Telluride growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -163 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -6.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 12 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 38.1°F, with 20.4 inches of precipitation and 130.8 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Colorado is 40.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Telluride?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Colorado, the closest population matches are Palisade (2,580 residents, $61,655 income); Rangely (2,572 residents, $75,044 income); Leadville (2,634 residents, $83,875 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Holley, FL (2,595 residents); Alden, NY (2,595 residents); Allendale, SC (2,595 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Telluride?
Walking is the largest reported mode at 43.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
14.9%
Work from home
26.6%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,551 workers age 16+.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Telluride?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1323.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 42% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1323.7
Violent rate
0.0
Property rate
1323.7
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
How far does income reach against housing in Telluride?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.0×
Home value
$390,300
Household income
$97,330
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Colorado average
B+
City profile score · Telluride, CO
79/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
85.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A+
0 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income B+
$97,330
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Telluride profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 85.9%
Violent crime: 97/100 (A+) · 0 /100k
Household income: 76/100 (B+) · $97,330
Cost of living: 26/100 (F) · 103.1 index
Where Telluride sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Telluride's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Telluride highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Telluride, CO (this city): home $390,300, crime 1,324/100k
Allendale, SC : home $65,300, crime 7,161/100k
Palmhurst, TX : home $266,700, crime 7,805/100k
Yardley, PA : home $469,600, crime 311/100k
Palisade, CO : home $295,200, crime 1,072/100k
Rangely, CO : home $192,200, crime 1,315/100k
Leadville, CO : home $374,700, crime 913/100k
Palmer Lake, CO : home $454,000, crime 1,054/100k
How does Telluride compare to other US cities?
Telluride measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income76% higher than other cities
Home value76% pricier than other cities
Median rent68% pricier than other cities
Safety51% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Colorado, Telluride ranks #52 of 116 Colorado cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Telluride against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Colorado only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Colorado-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Telluride near the bottom of Colorado's cities
Among the 408 Colorado cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Telluride ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Telluride only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#124 of 379
67th percentile in Colorado
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 408
0th percentile in Colorado
Median Home Value
#196 of 388
49th percentile in Colorado
Poverty Rate
#302 of 408
0th percentile in Colorado
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#9 of 408
98th percentile in Colorado
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Colorado only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
76th percentile nationally for median household income · 51st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Telluride's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Telluride's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Telluride's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$390,30024th percentilemore affordable than 24% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Telluride's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,733 of 15,516
More affordable than 31% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,389 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.0×, Telluride sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,733 of 15,516 and #8,389 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$97,330Telluride, CO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Telluride, CO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Telluride, CO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)85.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,595
Median Income
$97,330
Median Home Value
$390,300
Median Age
42.4
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
68.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
85.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1323.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
0.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1323.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
38.1°F
Annual Precipitation
20.4"
Annual Snowfall
130.8"
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Telluride's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,617 residents
2021
2,615 residents
2022
2,584 residents
2023
2,521 residents
2024
2,479 residents
2025
2,454 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
12
housing units authorized
Single-Family
12
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
15
4
11
$11.8M
2020
16
5
11
$13.0M
2021
36
9
27
$30.1M
2022
10
10
0
$33.7M
2023
32
5
27
$31.9M
2024
12
12
0
$47.4M
Permit volume decreased 20% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
14.9%
Carpool
3.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
43.6%
Work from Home
26.6%
Other
11.7%
Based on 1,551 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Colorado statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $202
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Colorado at $202 (electricity about $90 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Colorado statewide averages, not a meter reading for Telluride. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Colorado's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.1 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Telluride is $1,429/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Colorado statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 40.7 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Colorado statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Telluride sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Telluride compares to similar-size Colorado cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.