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Blue River, CO map Population (year 2000): 685. Estimated population in July 2006: 864 (+26.1% change)
Males: 377  (55.0%)
Females: 308  (45.0%)

Summit County

Median resident age:  32.0 years
Colorado median age:  34.3 years

Zip codes: 80424.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $62,000 (it was $61,964 in 2000)
Blue River  $62,000
Colorado:  $50,652

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $393,300 (it was $337,000 in 2000)
Blue River  $393,300
Colorado:  $223,300

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Races in Blue River:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.8%)
  • Hispanic (2.0%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)

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Ancestries: German (24.2%), Irish (19.9%), English (15.8%), United States (8.5%), Polish (4.5%), Scottish (4.5%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 10020 feet

Land area: 2.18 square miles.

Population density: 374 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Blue River

  • High school or higher: 98.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 59.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 13.3%
  • Unemployed: 0.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 15.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Blue River town

  • Never married: 37.2%
  • Now married: 59.0%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 0.4%
  • Divorced: 3.4%

38 residents are foreign born (3.5% Europe, 1.0% Latin America, 0.6% Asia).

This town:  5.5%
Colorado:  8.6%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Blue River:  0.5% ($1,526)
Colorado:  0.7% ($1,132)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lakewood, CO (66.9 miles , pop. 144,126).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northeast Jefferson, CO (67.5 miles , pop. 450,166).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (582.2 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Breckenridge, CO (3.8 miles ), Alma, CO (10.4 miles) , Frisco, CO (10.8 miles ), Keystone, CO (13.4 miles ), Dillon, CO (13.5 miles ), Silverthorne, CO (14.5 miles ), Fairplay, CO (14.6 miles ), Montezuma, CO (15.5 miles) .

Latitude: 39.43 N, Longitude: 106.04 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 970

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Population change in the 1990s: +241 (+54.3%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Accommodation and food services (24%)
  • Construction (23%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (11%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
  • Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (3%)
  • Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Accommodation and food services (23%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Business operations specialists (7%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Art and design workers (3%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Blue River:
  • ST VINCENT GENERAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 24 miles; LEADVILLE, CO)
  • VAIL VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 31 miles; VAIL, CO)
  • ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 55 miles; ASPEN, CO)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Blue River:
  • ASPEN-PITKIN CO/SARDY FIELD (about 60 miles; ASPEN, CO; ID: ASE)
  • EAGLE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 63 miles; EAGLE, CO; ID: EGE)
  • GUNNISON-CRESTED BUTTE REGIONAL (about 87 miles; GUNNISON, CO; ID: GUC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blue River:
  • LAKE COUNTY (about 25 miles; LEADVILLE, CO; ID: LXV)
  • CENTRAL COLORADO REGIONAL (about 44 miles; BUENA VISTA, CO; ID: 7V1)
  • GRANBY-GRAND COUNTY (about 46 miles; GRANBY, CO; ID: GNB)

Amtrak station near Blue River:
  • 12 miles: FRISCO (1010 MEADOW DR.) - Bus Station

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Blue River:
  • COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (about 62 miles; GOLDEN, CO; Full-time enrollment: 3,183)
  • RED ROCKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; LAKEWOOD, CO; FT enrollment: 3,835)
  • UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER (about 65 miles; BOULDER, CO; FT enrollment: 25,355)
  • EMILY GRIFFITH OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL (about 73 miles; DENVER, CO; FT enrollment: 3,083)
  • FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 76 miles; WESTMINSTER, CO; FT enrollment: 6,858)
  • REGIS UNIVERSITY (about 76 miles; DENVER, CO; FT enrollment: 5,898)
  • UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT COLORADO SPRINGS (about 79 miles; COLORADO SPRINGS, CO; FT enrollment: 4,953)

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Average household size:
This town:  2.6 people
Colorado:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  56.7%
Whole state:  65.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  7.1%
Whole state:  5.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  7.0%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  3.2%
Whole state:  4.1%

Blue River compared to Colorado state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Summit County Colorado:


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Judicial and Legal 0$0 3$1,399
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$2,460
Totals for Government 0$0 11$3,859


Blue River government finances in 2002:
  • Construction - Financial Administration: $2,000
  • Current Operations - Financial Administration: $127,000
    Regular Highways: $122,000
    Police Protection: $82,000
    General - Other: $9,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $5,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $451,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $53,000
    General Support: $25,000
    All Other: $6,000
  • Tax - Property: $272,000
    NEC: $37,000
    Total General Sales: $27,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $3,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $94,000

15.75% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($65,138 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  15.75%
Colorado average:  10.77%

0.54% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,942 average AGI)
Summit County:  0.54%
Colorado average:  0.18%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Denver County, CO  0.95% ($88,931 average AGI)
from Jefferson County, CO  0.72% ($107,468)
from Boulder County, CO  0.64% ($92,544)


14.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,497 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  14.84%
Colorado average:  10.03%

0.41% of residents moved to foreign countries ($452 average AGI)
Summit County:  0.41%
Colorado average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Denver County, CO  1.04% ($37,136 average AGI)
to Jefferson County, CO  0.99% ($43,457)
to Park County, CO  0.44% ($38,872)


Strongest AM radio stations in Blue River:
  • KSKE (610 AM; 5 kW; VAIL, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KMXA (1090 AM; 50 kW; AURORA, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • KLMO (1060 AM; 30 kW; LONGMONT, CO; Owner: PILGRIM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KCUV (1510 AM; 25 kW; LITTLETON, CO; Owner: PEOPLE WIRELESS, INC.)
  • KRKY (930 AM; 5 kW; GRANBY, CO; Owner: GRAND COUNTY WIRELESS, INC.)
  • KRKS (990 AM; 10 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF COLORADO, INC.)
  • KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KCBR (1040 AM; daytime; 15 kW; MONUMENT, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KVCU (1190 AM; 7 kW; BOULDER, CO; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF CO FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • KLZ (560 AM; 5 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Blue River:
  • K300AE (107.9 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, CO; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • K207CK (89.3 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, CO; Owner: SUMMIT PUBLIC RADIOSUMMIT FOUNDATION)
  • K202CV (88.3 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, CO; Owner: COMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO)
  • KYSL (93.9 FM; FRISCO, CO; Owner: KRYSTAL BROADCASTING, INCORPORATED)
  • KYGO-FM (98.5 FM; DENVER, CO; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF COLORADO)
  • KXPK (96.5 FM; EVERGREEN, CO; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • K259AC (99.7 FM; GYPSUM, ETC., CO; Owner: COMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO)
  • KBVC (104.1 FM; BUENA VISTA, CO; Owner: HEADWATERS MEDIA, L.L.C.)
  • K239AE (95.7 FM; BUENA VISTA, ETC, CO; Owner: COLORADO COLLEGE)
  • KTUN (101.5 FM; EAGLE, CO; Owner: SALISBURY BROADCASTING COLORADO, LLC)
  • K208DP (89.5 FM; NATHROP, CO; Owner: CHEYENNE MTN PUBLIC B/CAST HOUSE INC)
  • KSBV (93.7 FM; SALIDA, CO; Owner: ARKANSAS VALLEY BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • K237BI (95.3 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, ETC., CO; Owner: SALISBURY BROADCASTING COLORADO, LLC)
  • KSMT (102.3 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, CO; Owner: AGM-ROCKY MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING I, L.L.C.)
  • K209ED (89.7 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, CO; Owner: SUMMIT PUBLIC RADIO AND TV, INC.)
  • K232AC (94.3 FM; BRECKENRIDGE, CO; Owner: RED, WHITE & BLUE VOL. FIRE DEPT.)

TV broadcast stations around Blue River:
  • K02GX (Channel 2; ALMA, CO; Owner: TOWN OF ALMA)
  • K28HI (Channel 28; RED CLIFF, CO; Owner: RESORT SPORTS NETWORK, INC.)
  • K06DA (Channel 6; ALMA, CO; Owner: TOWN OF ALMA)

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