Colorado · Census place 0876795

Telluride, Colorado

Telluride is a town in San Miguel County, Colorado with an estimated 2,486 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 106th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,486
#106 of 149 in Colorado
Change since 2020
-5.2%
-137 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,125 / sq mi
State median 1,848
Orange pin: Telluride. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Denver.

Telluride population, 2020 to 2024

Telluride lost 137 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.2%. In the latest year it moved by -42.

2,62320202,62020212,59020222,52820232,4862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,630. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Telluride covers 2.21 square miles of land, for 1,125 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Telluride is less dense than the typical town.

What county Telluride is in

All of Telluride's residents live in San Miguel County, which had 7,819 residents in 2024. Telluride holds 31.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Telluride

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Telluride by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 81435. 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 Telluride is

The Census internal point of Telluride is at 37.940200, -107.818200. Denver, the capital, is 196.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Montrose, CO (21,646 people), 36.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pueblo, CO, 175.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.940200, -107.818200
DMS
37°56'24.72"N 107°49'5.52"W
UTM
13N 252344.2E 4202926.6N
Geohash
9werfdc1t
Plus code
859JW5RJ+3P

Daylight in Telluride

At 37.94° N, Telluride gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Telluride

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Mountain Village, 2.2 miles away, with 1,240 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Telluride, CO?

2,486 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 137 (5.2%) from 2,623 in July 2020.

What county is Telluride in?

San Miguel County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Telluride?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 81435.

How far is Telluride from Denver?

196.7 miles (316.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Telluride.

What is the nearest larger city to Telluride?

Montrose, CO, with 21,646 residents, 36.6 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.