Rollinsville Colorado Real Estate

Rollinsville, Colorado

This is life as it should be...Find a home or create a lifestyle for yourself and your family in a peaceful, rustic town like Rollinsville, Colorado. Take a short jaunt from Boulder, about 22 miles to the southwest; it takes just a little over a half hour to drive that distance. Rollinsville is a tiny, unincorporated town south of Nederland on Route 119, and the year-round population is small-less than 300 people.

Life in Rollinsville is a true Rocky Mountain experience, with an elevation of more than 8,400 feet. Reach up and touch the sky at 10,000 feet if you travel just a few ticks over to the beautiful Eldora Mountain Resort. This little slice of heaven practically straddles the peak of the Continental Divide, although Rollinsville itself is actually in Gilpin County, a small county which plays home to maybe a half dozen incorporated towns.

This area came to life just after the Civil War in 1861, and many of its original residents were miners. From gold to silver to tungsten, ore was an important basis for early life in this area. Rollinsville has since grown into a restful, rural place that boasts beautiful hideaway homes, many of them priced in the $300-$500,000 range-but you can go lower, too, below the median price of $160,000. The local county government is sound, and the economy is growing at a little over 2% per year. Jobs are plentiful because you're so close to Boulder, and even Denver is only about an hour away.

This is a place where snowboarders and skiers cut their milk teeth during the winter months. There's plenty to experience in the summertime, too - hiking among the pine trees of the Roosevelt National Forest; touring glacier-fed lakes and awe-inspiring waterfalls; or fishing in Snowline Lake.

People who sink their roots here find homes that hold their value and schools that offer solid prospects for families with children. This is a town of married couples and children. Most kids attend one of the schools in nearby Nederland, since just about all Rollinsville addresses feed into those schools through the Boulder Valley School District. The school system values mutual trust and encourages the pooling of unique talents-certainly a little school district, but one with big ideas.

Rollinsville is a place with most people earning above the country's median average income and pulling in more than the average per capita income. The taxes are low in Rollinsville compared with the high value of the homes. Most people there travel outside of town for their jobs, but the average ride is just 36 minutes. Why not take a ride out Rollinsville way and see what's on the agenda?