Aspen is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 5,807 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Aspen is the 67th largest community in Colorado.

Aspen is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.23% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Aspen is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aspen who work in sales jobs (14.15%), management occupations (13.23%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.39%).

Of important note, Aspen is also a city of artists. Aspen has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Aspen's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 11.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Aspen. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Aspen.

One of the benefits of Aspen is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.81 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

Aspen Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Aspen, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Aspen is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 60.59% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Aspen in 2000 was $40,680, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,720 for a family of four.

The people who call Aspen home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Aspen is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Aspen include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Swedish, and Russian.

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