The population of Chaffee county is estimated at 19,082. In 2017 there were 136 births and 159 deaths in Chaffee county. Chaffee county has 3,287 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,222 that are owned free and clear and 2,092 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Chaffee County filed 9,310 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Colorado filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Chaffee had a combined total federal tax liability of $75,829,000 on earned income of $559,052,000. Other notable statistics from Chaffee County were 170 unemployment claims which collected a total of $831,000 and 2,200 charitable contributions valued at $10,245,000. 2,470 filings from Chaffee County paid a combined total of $5,161,000 in property taxes and 2,030 filings paid $18,121,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Chaffee county had 36 religious congregations with an estimated 7,784 members.
32.4% of the Chaffee population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 58% of Chaffee County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 782 votes.
At $53,545 the median income is 77.5% of the Colorado average. An estimated 217 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Chaffee, the equivalant of around 2.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 2.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Chaffee County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,172	Accommodation and food services
1,049	Retail trade
819	Food services and drinking places
800	Restaurants and other eating places
791	Health care and social assistance
560	Full-service restaurants
451	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
451	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
451	Other amusement and recreation industries
353	Accommodation
268	Ambulatory health care services
262	Traveler accommodation
226	Limited-service restaurants
223	Professional, scientific, and technical services
206	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.98% in Chaffee County.

In 2018 1.90% of listings in Chaffee County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 81201 and 81211) dropped their price.

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