Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, “Part-Time Paradise.”
Percentage that Summit County’s population has grown since 1990: 98
Percentage of Summit County homes that are second homes: 67
Percentage of second homes in five Colorado mountain counties occupied from April to June: 12
Percentage of second-home owners in Pitkin County who plan to become full-time residents: 2
Percentage change from 1990-2000 of Aspen residents in their 30s: -10
Percentage change for same period of residents in their 50s: +129
Billions of dollars of Eagle County real estate sold in 2000: 1.7
Number of jobs created to build a 3,000-plus square-foot home: 18.7
Percentage of Eagle County homes with 7,000 square feet or more that are second homes: 68
Millions of baby boomers who will have reached peak second-home buying age by 2020: 83
Percentage of Pitkin County nonresidents who shop locally for clothes: 42
Percentage of locals who do: 8
Factor by which second-home owners outspend residents on lawn care: 5
SOURCES: Linda Venturoni, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments, Mick Ireland, The Denver Post, American Demographics
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Second homes, by the numbers.
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