Keystone is a census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Summit County

Summit County, Colorado

Summit County is the 19th most populous of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 23,538 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Breckenridge...

, Colorado

Colorado

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, United States

United States

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. The population was 825 at the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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. The Dillon

Dillon, Colorado

Dillon is a home rule municipality in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The population was 802 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dillon is located at ....

 Post Office (ZIP Code

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 80435) serves Keystone postal addresses.

Keystone is the home of the Keystone Resort

Keystone Resort

Keystone Resort is the largest ski resort in Summit County located in Keystone, Colorado, United States. It was founded on November 21, 1970 by Max Dercum. The resort is owned and operated by Vail Resorts which also operates three other resorts in the state and Heavenly Ski Resort and Northstar...

. Originally constructed in the 1970s by the Ralston Purina Company

Ralston Purina Company

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, it is now owned by Vail Resorts

Vail Resorts

Vail Resorts, Inc. runs four ski resorts in Colorado, as well as two in Lake Tahoe and a summer resort in Wyoming. They also own luxury resort hotels throughout the United States. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol MTN...

. The Keystone Resort

Keystone Resort

Keystone Resort is the largest ski resort in Summit County located in Keystone, Colorado, United States. It was founded on November 21, 1970 by Max Dercum. The resort is owned and operated by Vail Resorts which also operates three other resorts in the state and Heavenly Ski Resort and Northstar...

 ski

Ski

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 area occupies 3 separate mountains. The resort has several summer and winter outdoor activities. The winter activities include skiing, snowboarding, ice-skating, cross-country skiing, dog sleigh, and snowmobiling. The summer activities include hiking, biking, fishing, golf and trail running.

The Keystone ski area has: vertical

• Base elevation: 9280 feet (2,828.5 m)
• Summit elevation: 12408 feet (3,782 m)
• 130 trails
• Degree of difficulty percentages for trails: Easiest-19 percent, More Difficult-32 percent, Most Difficult-49 percent
• 19 Lifts including 2 gondolas, 1 express six-pack and 5 high speed quads.
• The only Night skiing in the area

Keystone is only a short drive from other resorts.

Geography

Keystone is located at 39.604233°N 105.948111°W.

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the CDP has a total area of 40.6 square miles (105.2 km²), of which, 40.6 square miles (105.2 km²) of it is land and 0.02% is water.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 825 people, 327 households, and 88 families residing in the CDP. The population density

Population density

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 was 20.3 people per square mile (7.8/km²). There were 2,606 housing units at an average density of 64.1 per square mile (24.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.55% White, 0.48% African American, 1.33% Asian, 9.09% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 2.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.58% of the population.

There were 327 households out of which 6.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 22.0% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 1.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 72.8% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 0.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.42.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 7.2% under the age of 18, 39.9% from 18 to 24, 36.5% from 25 to 44, 12.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 186.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 195.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $43,654, and the median income for a family was $68,750. Males had a median income of $26,563 versus $30,833 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

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 for the CDP was $24,085. None of the families and 22.1% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

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