Takeaway
The sample median asking price is $3,047,500. Forty-one of 84 active records ask less than $3 million, within this selected $2.05M–$4.995M window.
Geography
Aspen, Snowmass Village and Snowmass (Old Snowmass), Colorado
Population
84 active records selected from a 90-record supplied export; six pending records excluded. Observed active asking prices: $2.05M–$4.995M. Selection criteria were not supplied.
Study sample
84 selected records
Asking-price bands in the supplied sample
Unit: Active records
Mutually exclusive asking-price bands
| Asking-price band | Active records | Share of 84 |
|---|---|---|
| $2.0M to under $2.5M | 19 | 22.6% |
| $2.5M to under $3.0M | 22 | 26.2% |
| $3.0M to under $3.5M | 13 | 15.5% |
| $3.5M to under $4.0M | 15 | 17.9% |
| $4.0M to under $4.5M | 5 | 6.0% |
| $4.5M to under $5.0M | 10 | 11.9% |
Lower bound included; upper bound excluded. Observed asks are $2.05M–$4.995M; original selection criteria were not supplied.
A budget window, not the whole price spectrum
Every record in the supplied file has an asking price between $2.05 million and $4.995 million. That narrow observed range is central to interpreting the study. A distribution within this selection cannot show how common these price levels are across the wider Aspen-area market.
Price bands make the selection easier to navigate without claiming that a threshold represents a distinct quality tier. A listing just below a boundary is not necessarily meaningfully different from one just above it. The study uses mutually exclusive bands so each eligible active record contributes once.
What the distribution can support
The median asking price of the 84 active records is $3,047,500. Half the observations lie on each side of the middle of the ordered sample, subject to ties. That middle point is a description of this file, not an estimate of the amount required to buy a representative Aspen home.
The distribution is useful for organizing a search or comparing a seller's proposed price with the selected alternatives. It does not establish affordability, a financing limit or a likely closing price. A buyer should refresh the actual choices and compare their property characteristics before narrowing a search around a particular band.
Methodology
- Source: an MLS export supplied for Doug Leibinger’s research. The analysis uses 84 rows with Status=A and excludes six rows with Status=P; there are no duplicate listing IDs.
- Assign each positive Asking Price to one fixed $500,000 band from $2M to under $5M, including the lower boundary and excluding the upper boundary.
- Medians use the middle ordered value, or the average of the two middle values. Counts may be shown for small categories, but no price, size or fee statistic is published for a group under five. Percentages may not sum to exactly 100% because of rounding.
Limitations
- This is a selected sample, not a market-wide inventory count or a random sample. No sale prices, appreciation, absorption, causal premiums or forecast are inferred.
- The filename says September 22, but 13 records have later modification dates. The research does not claim a confirmed September 22 snapshot; publication on September 28 is a separate date.
- Listing fields are reported information. Availability, property rights, condition, costs and individual source values have not been independently verified for this research.
Data and attribution
Original analysis published by Doug Leibinger from a user-supplied MLS export. Listing fields were reported by participating brokers; the private source file is not redistributed.
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Companion article
Use a selected Aspen-area listing sample to structure a $2M–$5M search, keeping asking-price bands separate from availability, ownership costs and value.
Read Building an Aspen-Area Shortlist Around a $2M–$5M Budget