About Aspen Park

Aspen Park is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 825 people and just one neighborhood, Aspen Park is the 160th largest community in Colorado.

Aspen Park is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Aspen Park is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aspen Park who work in sales jobs (20.39%), management occupations (17.25%), and office and administrative support jobs (7.25%).

Also of interest is that Aspen Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.61% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Aspen Park is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Aspen Park is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Aspen Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Aspen Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.02 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Aspen Park is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Aspen Park, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.53% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Aspen Park is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Aspen Park Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Aspen Park is a pretty powerful place. 47.04% of the adults in Aspen Park have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Aspen Park in 2000 was $30,383, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,532 for a family of four. However, Aspen Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Aspen Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Aspen Park is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Aspen Park include Irish, German, Scottish, Polish, English, Swedish, Maltese, Dutch, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Aspen Park is English. Some people also speak Spanish.