Colorado · Census place 0818310
Crested Butte, Colorado
Crested Butte is a town in Gunnison County, Colorado with an estimated 1,643 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,643
- #126 of 149 in Colorado
- Change since 2020
- -0.7%
- -12 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,889 / sq mi
- State median 1,848
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Crested Butte population, 2020 to 2024
Crested Butte lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -18.
Crested Butte covers 0.87 square miles of land, for 1,889 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Crested Butte is close to the typical town.
What county Crested Butte is in
All of Crested Butte's residents live in Gunnison County, which had 17,310 residents in 2024. Crested Butte holds 9.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Crested Butte
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crested Butte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81224. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Crested Butte is
The Census internal point of Crested Butte is at 38.867800, -106.977300. Denver, the capital, is 122.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gunnison, CO (6,821 people), 22.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakewood, CO, 114.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.867800, -106.977300
- DMS
- 38°52'4.08"N 106°58'38.28"W
- UTM
- 13N 328456.7E 4303964.3N
- Geohash
- 9wgvjett2
- Plus code
- 85CMV29F+43
Daylight in Crested Butte
At 38.87° N, Crested Butte gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Crested Butte
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Gunnison, 22.3 miles away, with 6,821 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Crested Butte, CO?
1,643 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.7%) from 1,655 in July 2020.
What county is Crested Butte in?
Gunnison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Crested Butte?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81224.
How far is Crested Butte from Denver?
122.3 miles (196.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Crested Butte.
What is the nearest larger city to Crested Butte?
Gunnison, CO, with 6,821 residents, 22.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.