Aspen
Located 200 miles southwest of Denver and 130 miles east of Grand Junction, Aspen is at the southeastern end of the Roaring Fork Valley.
Located 200 miles southwest of Denver and 130 miles east of Grand Junction, Aspen is at the southeastern end of the Roaring Fork Valley.
Located 200 miles southwest of Denver and 130 miles east of Grand Junction, Aspen is at the southeastern end of the Roaring Fork Valley. The Roaring Fork Valley stretches from Glenwood Springs in the northwest end to Aspen on the southeast end and is surrounded by the White River National Forest. Aspen encompasses 3.66 square miles on a relatively flat valley floor, and is surrounded on 3 sides by Aspen Mountain, Smuggler Mountain and Red Mountain. Aspen is internationally renowned as a winter and summer resort.
Aspen was first developed around the 1880s as a silver mining camp. By the 1940s it became better known for white powder than silver, in large part to Chicago industrialist and philanthropist Walter Paepcke and his wife, Elizabeth. The two became Aspen’s cultural ambassadors, touting Aspen’s natural aesthetics as a place where the body, mind and soul could thrive. Many joined them creating an Aspen renaissance.
Today, this alpine village, surrounded by the public lands of White River National Forest, is an eco-oasis. It has both a small-town charm and an urban sophistication, among the reasons international second and third-home owners are drawn to one of the priciest real estate markets of luxury ranches, private estates, mansions, ski homes and condos in the country. Fine dining abounds, along with cultural amenities and institutions, arts, culinary and food festivals and exclusive shopping.
9,282 people live in Aspen, where the median age is 43.3 and the average individual income is $118,787.653. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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There's plenty to do around Aspen, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.
Explore popular things to do in the area, including Explore Books, Misstyx, and Mark Richards of Aspen.
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| Dining · $$ | 3.79 miles | 35 reviews | 4.9/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 3.65 miles | 5 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 3.51 miles | 6 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 3.68 miles | 14 reviews | 4.9/5 stars | |
| Shopping | 3.42 miles | 16 reviews | 4.9/5 stars | |
| Active | 3.63 miles | 6 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Active | 3.96 miles | 9 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Active | 4.96 miles | 7 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Active | 3.61 miles | 6 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Active | 3.41 miles | 73 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 3.35 miles | 8 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 3.42 miles | 9 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 3.96 miles | 7 reviews | 5/5 stars | |
| Beauty | 3.69 miles | 38 reviews | 4.9/5 stars | |
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Aspen has 5,123 households, with an average household size of 3.22. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Aspen do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 9,282 people call Aspen home. The population density is 30.052 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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