Editing Mount Crested Butte, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
{{about|the Town of Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado|the town's namesake mountain|Crested Butte|the nearby Town of Crested Butte|Crested Butte, Colorado|the resort|Crested Butte Mountain Resort}}
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 | postal_code              = 81225 ([[Crested Butte, Colorado|Crested Butte]] [[PO Box]])
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'''Mt. Crested Butte''' is a [[Colorado municipalities#Home rule municipality|home rule municipality]] in [[Gunnison County, Colorado|Gunnison County]], [[Colorado]], United States. Mount Crested Butte is the home of the [[Crested Butte Mountain Resort]]. The population was 941 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020" /> [[ZIP code]] 81225 serves post office boxes for Mount Crested Butte and for neighboring [[Crested Butte, Colorado|Crested Butte]]; mail must be addressed to Crested Butte.<ref name=ZIPcode/>

==Geography==
[[File:Town of Mt. Crested Butte.JPG|thumb|left|Mt. Crested Butte]]
Mt. Crested Butte is in north-central Gunnison County in the [[Gunnison National Forest]], {{convert|2|mi|0}} north of the town of [[Crested Butte, Colorado|Crested Butte]] on Gothic Road. The town sits at the northern and western base of [[Crested Butte]], a {{convert|12162|ft|adj=on}} summit that is the site of the Crested Butte Mountain Resort.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town of Mt. Crested Butte covers a total area of {{convert|5.75|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0852570| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Crested Butte town, Colorado| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=November 18, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1980= 272
|1990= 264
|2000= 707
|2010= 801
|2020= 941
|footnote=[[United States census|U.S. Decennial Census]]
}}
<!--As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 707 people, 323 households, and 114 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|459.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,052 housing units at an average density of {{convert|683.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.31% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.56% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.28% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.85% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] 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 [[Marriage|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 [[per capita income]] for the town was $35,657. About 2.7% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.-->
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==See also==
{{portal|Colorado}}
*[[West Elk Mountains]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://mtcb.colorado.gov/ Town of Mt. Crested Butte official website]
*{{Commons category-inline|Mount Crested Butte, Colorado}}
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Mt.%20Crested%20Butte.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Mt. Crested Butte]
*[http://www.GunnisonCrestedBUtte.com Gunnison-Crested Butte Tourism Association]
*[http://www.skicb.com Crested Butte Resort]

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[[Category:Towns in Gunnison County, Colorado]]
[[Category:Towns in Colorado]]