Aspen homebuyers are working with a $5,200,000 median price point, 1138% above the national figure. Against the $95,000 median household income in the area, that's a 54.7x multiple.
At a 0.35% effective rate, Aspen property taxes add $1,517 to the monthly payment on the median home, $18,200 a year in total.
Colorado levies a state income tax on top of the $30,509/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Aspen's cost of living index is 251, above the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
Aspen's median home price runs 812% higher than nearby Denver: $570,000 there versus $5,200,000 here.