Breckenridge, Colorado.
Typical home $1,188,441 (+1.7% in a year), asking rent $3,554 . Breckenridge, CO metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$3,058 (+96%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $20,079 +2%
- $1,168,363$1,188,441 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $48,086 +4%
- $1,140,355$1,188,441 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Breckenridge$6,238
- Colorado$2,777
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 84 years.
Typical home values in Breckenridge, CO rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado
Breckenridge is a town of 5,078 people in Summit County. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Summit County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Breckenridge is a small mountain town where most homes are lived in by their owners, and homes cost far more than in most of the country. Household incomes across Summit County run above the typical American level, and a large majority of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are long and cold, with January the coldest month and heavy snow through the season, while summers stay mild, with July the warmest month and only moderate rain and melted snow over the year.
Work. Many residents work in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with others in professional and business services, banks, insurance and property, and shops. Among the larger workplaces in town are The Vail, which runs the ski facilities, along with King Soopers and Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Commutes are short, and a good number of people work from home.
Things to do. Breckenridge Ski Resort sits in or beside town, and Copper Mountain, another ski area, is a short drive away. For time on the water, Dillon Reservoir and the Blue River are both a short drive away. Arapahoe Basin, a further ski area, lies a longer drive away.
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- 2,247households
- 64%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 24%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Summit County had 22,480 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 2°; warmest in July, with highs near 75° and lows near 38°. About 116 inches of snow and 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dillon East weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Breckenridge
- The VailAlpine skiing facilities without accommodations758
- King SoopersSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores136
- TilrayDistilleries105
- SSI VentureSporting goods stores86
- Wood MechanicalMechanical contractors48
- Marriot Vacations WorldwideSki lodges and resorts with accommodations31
- Marriott Mountain Valley LodgeHotel management services25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,189 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- AvalanchesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Breckenridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Summit County and the Breckenridge, CO metro.
Breckenridge home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Breckenridge$1,188,441
- Colorado$529,013
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Breckenridge listings, and the typical home goes pending in 58 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Breckenridge27.58%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Breckenridge58
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Breckenridge363
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Breckenridge60
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Breckenridge$1,217,786
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Breckenridge97.16%
Zip codes with a Breckenridge address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Breckenridge — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.