Mt. Crested Butte is a

home rule municipality Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization. Devolved territories ...

in Gunnison County,

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

, United States. Mount Crested Butte is the home of the

Crested Butte Mountain Resort Crested Butte Mountain Resort is a ski resort at Mount Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. History Crested Butte Mountain Resort opened in 1960 when two men—Fred Rice and Dick Eflin—purchased a ranch on Mt. Crested ...

. The population was 801 at the 2010 census. ZIP code 81225 serves post office boxes for Mount Crested Butte and for neighboring

Crested Butte Crested Butte is a prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is in Gunnison National Forest, northeast by east ( bearing 59°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Col ...

; mail must be addressed to Crested Butte.

Geography

Mt. Crested Butte is in north-central Gunnison County at (38.901649, -106.967554) in the

Gunnison National Forest The Gunnison National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 1,672,136 acres (2,612.71 sq mi, or 6,766.89 km²) Crested Butte Crested Butte is a prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is in Gunnison National Forest, northeast by east ( bearing 59°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Col ...

on Gothic Road. The town sits at the northern and western base of

, a summit that is the site of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort. According to the

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, the town of Mt. Crested Butte covers a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 707 people, 323 households, and 114 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,052 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.31%

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, 1.56% Native American, 0.28% from

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, and 0.85% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.54% of the population. There were 323 households, out of which 11.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.6% were married couples living together, 2.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 64.4% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 1.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.55. Age distribution was 9.3% under the age of 18, 17.3% from 18 to 24, 48.2% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 160.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 156.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $48,864, and the median income for a family was $64,167. Males had a median income of $33,542 versus $32,188 for females. The

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for the town was $35,657. About 2.7% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

References

External links

Town of Mt. Crested Butte official websiteCDOT map of the Town of Mt. Crested ButteGunnison-Crested Butte Tourism AssociationCrested Butte Resort3dSkiMap of Crested Butte Mountain Resort
{{authority control Towns in Gunnison County, Colorado Towns in Colorado

Geography

Demographics

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