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About Aspen
Home rule city in Pitkin County, Colorado, United StatesAspen is the home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous municipality in, Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) on the Western Slope, 11 miles (18 km) west of the Continental Divide. Aspen is now a part of the Rifle, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and later named Aspen for the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomed during the 1880s, its first decade. The boom ended when the …
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Housing in Aspen
The typical Aspen home is worth about $3,438,000, up 7.6% in a year, 545% above the Colorado typical home.
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Safety in Aspen
Safety Grade C-
Aspen reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 76% report less.
Health in Aspen
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of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 15 are too close to call.
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