Cripple Creek is home to 955 people in Colorado. The median age is 60.0, about 21 years above the US median. Households here earn about 56% less than in Colorado as a whole. Getting to work takes 10 minutes on average. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. The foreign-born share is 0%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $41,840, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 60.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 75%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cripple Creek
What changed most since 1990
Median age37.5 → 60.0(+22.5 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants77.0% → 55.7%(−21.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$105,603 → $285,800(+171%)US over the same years: +67%
Cripple Creek's population equals 3.8% of Teller County's. Its number of households without a car equals 29% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 10% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)21.6%(22)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.5%(28)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.3%(37)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.7%(13)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 102 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Cripple Creek, decade by decade
Cripple Creek population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
503
$51,335
$105,603
16.3%
16.0
2000
1,115
$71,520
$163,767
14.2%
25.5
2010
1,189
$45,555
$162,271
12.8%
33.1
2020
1,155
$38,277
$153,929
11.1%
37.3
2024
955
$41,840
$285,800
21.9%
50.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
