Leadville is a very small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 2,608 people and two associated neighborhoods, Leadville is the 125th largest community in Colorado. Leadville has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Also of interest is that Leadville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Leadville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.34% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Leadville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Leadville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Leadville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.94% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Leadville in 2022 was $53,598, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $214,392 for a family of four.
Leadville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Leadville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leadville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Leadville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.76% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Leadville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Leadville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.