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Cost of living in Estes Park, Colorado

Estes Park, Colorado has about 5,844 people. Typical rent is $1,511 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $85,956 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #51 in Colorado on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,511 a month.

Estes Park is a town in Colorado. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $85,956 a year.

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People
5,844
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,511
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$85,956
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$664,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,759
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA

Estes Park, Colorado has about 5,844 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $664,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Larimer County is $1,759 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Estes Park. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO metro area, prices sit at 101.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Colorado taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.9% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Estes Park's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Colorado home paid 17.00¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Estes Park's bill.

In 2025, all-grades gas in Colorado averaged $3.01 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.

Among 201 places we list in Colorado with a rent figure, 118 have higher typical rent than Estes Park.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.