About Estes Park

Estes Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 5,292 people and just one neighborhood, Estes Park is the 73rd largest community in Colorado.

Estes Park is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Estes Park is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Estes Park who work in sales jobs (16.26%), office and administrative support jobs (11.87%), and management occupations (11.15%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.54% 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.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.88 minutes getting to work every day.

Despite the fact that Estes Park is a relatively small town, the public transit system is fairly well used to commute to work. Many people choose to use taxis, often traveling to the central city in the region.

Estes Park Information and Demographics

The education level of Estes Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 43.29% of adults in Estes Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Estes Park in 2000 was $30,499, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,996 for a family of four.

The people who call Estes Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Estes Park is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Estes Park include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Norwegian, and Dutch.

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