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Cost of living in Breckenridge
Housing is much more expensive than the US average. Rents, home prices, taxes and how far a paycheck goes.
Median rent
$1,438/mo
7% above US
Median home value
$757,100
150% above US
Median household income
$132,666
69% above US
Rent as share of income
13%
US 21%
Home price to income
5.7×
US 3.9×
Sales tax
8.875%
Rent by number of bedrooms
HUD 2027 fair market rents for Summit County, CO (gross rent including utilities, near the 40th percentile of local rents). Source: HUD USER.
How Breckenridge compares
- Breckenridge$1,438
- Colorado$1,693
- United States$1,348
- Castle Rock$1,946
- Fort Collins$1,661
- Breckenridge$757,100
- Colorado$502,200
- United States$303,400
- Castle Rock$621,700
- Fort Collins$548,400
Taxes
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Life in Breckenridge
Questions
Is Breckenridge expensive to live in?
Housing in Breckenridge is much more expensive than the national average: median rent is $1,438 (7% above US) and the median home value is $757,100 (150% above US).
How much is rent in Breckenridge?
The median gross rent is $1,438 a month. HUD’s 2027 fair market rents for the area are studio $1,926, 1 bedroom $2,114, 2 bedrooms $2,766, 3 bedrooms $3,296, 4 bedrooms $3,749.
How much of their income do renters spend in Breckenridge?
At the median, a year’s rent ($17,256) equals about 13% of the median household income ($132,666); nationally it’s about 21%.
What are taxes like in Breckenridge?
Sales tax is 8.875% and property taxes run about 0.43% of home value a year.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates; HUD fair market rents; Colorado DOR, DR 1002 Colorado Sales/Use Tax Rates, July 2026 edition.