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Blue River town, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Blue River town is a Census town of 1,410 people across 2.43 square miles of land, in Summit County. Median household income is $134,250, 75.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Blue River
What Blue River is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.43 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land579 plus or minus 173
- County holding the largest share of its areaSummit 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.
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How many people live in Blue River
- Population1,410 plus or minus 421
- Median age32.9
- Population under 18290 plus or minus 122
- Share under 1820.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over137 plus or minus 61
- Share 65 and over9.7 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households447 plus or minus 125
- Family households320 plus or minus 101
- Share of households that are families71.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Blue River
- Median household income$134,250 plus or minus $49,983
- Per capita income$58,737 plus or minus $14,852
- Civilian labor force852 plus or minus 287
- Employed817 plus or minus 273
- Unemployed35 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over994 plus or minus 308
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent plus or minus 37.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher55.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.8 percent plus or minus 9.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Blue River
- Housing units840
- Occupied units447 plus or minus 125
- Vacant units393 plus or minus 86
- Vacancy rate46.8 percent
- Owner occupied337 plus or minus 99
- Renter occupied110 plus or minus 69
- Ownership rate75.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,267,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,853 plus or minus $747
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.5 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Single family units779
- Share single family92.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more50 plus or minus 35
- Share in buildings of two or more6.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 14
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Blue River gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute546 plus or minus 199
- Commuting under 15 minutes327 plus or minus 152
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.9 percent plus or minus 17.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more101 plus or minus 79
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.5 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Drove alone60.7 percent
- Carpooled4.7 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Worked from home31.1 percent plus or minus 16.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Summit County, not Blue River
Summit County context, not Blue River figures
These are Summit County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Blue River measurements.
- Establishments in Summit County2,306
- Employment at those establishments, Summit County22,915
- Covered employment, Summit County22,553
- Average annual pay, Summit County$56,817
- Average weekly wage, Summit County$1,093
- Housing units permitted, Summit County258
- Of those, single family, Summit County159
- County product, 2024, Summit County$4,340,835,000
- County product change over the prior year, Summit County7.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Summit County$162,348
Every figure in this section is published for Summit County as a whole and is not a measurement of Blue River. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Blue River questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Blue River, Colorado?
1,410, in 447 households. Blue River town covers 2.43 square miles of land, which is 579 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Blue River in?
Summit 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 Blue River?
$134,250. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,267,300. Median gross rent is $2,853 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Blue River figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Summit 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 Blue River.
Is zoning published for Blue River?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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