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Leadville North, Colorado.

A community in Lake County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lake County’s.

Living in Leadville North, Lake County, Colorado

Leadville North, in Lake County, had 1,892 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $97,604 a year and half less, against $96,575 across Lake County; 1% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Lake County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 1,892 in the 2020 census
Household income $97,604 the median, give or take $21,540 · Lake County: $96,575
Unemployment 4.0% Lake County, August 2026; 3.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Leadville North for the Census survey to measure.
  • 580households
  • 42%of adults have a degree
  • 1%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Farming, forestry and mining8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lake County had 2,963 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 29° and 5°; warmest in July, 71° and 39° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 71° 39° A S O N D 29° 5°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 29° and 5°; warmest in July, 71° and 39° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 71° 39° A S O N D 29° 5°

Coldest in December, with highs near 29° and lows near 5°; warmest in July, with highs near 71° and lows near 39°. About 157 inches of snow and 14 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Leadville Lake County Airport weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lake County

  1. Lake County School District No. R-1School district178FTE
  2. St Vincent General HospitalCritical access hospital111FTE
  3. SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores65
  4. Cutting Edge WoodworkingCabinets, kitchen, stock or custom wood, manufacturing39
  5. Legacy Electrical ContractorsElectrical contractors20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 124 people in all across the county; Leadville North has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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

  1. LightningRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Leadville North’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Lake County.