Telluride, CO · the CityFunIndex

Affordability in Telluride

Telluride ranks #30 of 134 US cities for affordability, with a affordability score of 78Very Fun. That puts it in the 78th percentile nationally and #2 of 6 in Colorado.

affordability score
78
Very Fun
National rank
#30 of 134
In Colorado
#2 of 6
Percentile
78th

The typical city scores 50 for affordability; Telluride sits 28 points above the median.

How affordability is measured

Cost of living and housing pressure on residents.

The affordability score is the flip side of our economic strain measure — 100 minus the raw economic strain score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment, HUD Fair Market Rent and US Census median income plus poverty rate.

Ranked around Telluride

  1. T#27 Park City, UT 80
  2. #29 Key West, FL 79
  3. #30 Telluride, CO — this page 78
  4. T#31 Bend, OR 77
  5. T#31 Gatlinburg, TN 77

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Top US cities for affordability

  1. #1 Bismarck, ND 100
  2. #2 Sioux Falls, SD 99
  3. T#3 Billings, MT 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Portland, ME 97

More about Telluride

Telluride scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: