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





