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Aspen city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Aspen city is a Census city of 6,756 people across 3.86 square miles of land, in Pitkin County. Median household income is $74,033, 57.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.2 m.
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Aspen
What Aspen is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,749
- County holding the largest share of its areaPitkin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aspen
How many people live in Aspen
- Population6,756
- Median age43.7
- Population under 18658 plus or minus 174
- Share under 189.7 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Population 65 and over1,174 plus or minus 247
- Share 65 and over17.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households4,105
- Family households1,497
- Share of households that are families36.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aspen
Income and work in Aspen
- Median household income$74,033
- Per capita income$113,282
- Civilian labor force4,379
- Employed4,275
- Unemployed104 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over5,537
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher69.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Aspen
- Housing units6,152
- Occupied units4,105
- Vacant units2,047
- Vacancy rate33.3 percent
- Owner occupied2,342
- Renter occupied1,763
- Ownership rate57.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$819,900 plus or minus $537,141
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,081
- Annual rent as a share of median income33.7 percent
- Single family units1,717
- Share single family27.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,273
- Share in buildings of two or more69.5 percent
- Mobile homes148 plus or minus 123
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aspen
How Aspen gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,467
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,885
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more320 plus or minus 166
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Drove alone37.9 percent
- Carpooled3.3 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport9.1 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Walked14.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Worked from home18.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Aspen
SBA loans in Aspen (7(a))
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$7,238,800
- Average approval$380,989
- Median approval$150,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,220,000
- Largest approval$2,830,000
- Jobs supported99
- Jobs per approval5.2
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Aspen
SBA loans in Aspen (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$5,668,000
- Average approval$708,500
- Median approval$427,000
- Largest approval$2,516,000
- Jobs supported18
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pitkin County, not Aspen
Pitkin County context, not Aspen figures
These are Pitkin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Aspen measurements.
- Establishments in Pitkin County1,708
- Employment at those establishments, Pitkin County17,629
- Covered employment, Pitkin County18,030
- Average annual pay, Pitkin County$78,151
- Average weekly wage, Pitkin County$1,503
- Housing units permitted, Pitkin County147
- Of those, single family, Pitkin County46
- County product, 2024, Pitkin County$3,846,643,000
- County product change over the prior year, Pitkin County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Pitkin County$534,172
Every figure in this section is published for Pitkin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Aspen. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Aspen questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Aspen, Colorado?
6,756, in 4,105 households. Aspen city covers 3.86 square miles of land, which is 1,749 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Aspen in?
Pitkin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Aspen?
$74,033. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $819,900. Median gross rent is $2,081 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Aspen businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $7.2 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $150,300, plus 8 504 approvals worth $5.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Aspen, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Aspen borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Aspen. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Aspen figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pitkin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Aspen.
Is zoning published for Aspen?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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