Located in the state of Colorado, Red Cliff is a Statutory Town with a population of 289 as of the 2000 census. The town is a former mining camp located in the upper Eagle River canyon. Located just off of U.S. Highway 24 north of Tennessee Pass, the town is accessible by a side road to Shrine Pass, located in the Sawatch Range. The town was established in 1879 during the Colorado Silver Boom.
The Red Cliff Reservation is fourteen thousand five hundred acres in size. About 2,513 Red Cliff Indians live on reservation, trust and fee land. The median home price is $434,400. The price of a home in Red Cliff has appreciated by 11.1% over the last decade. A recent study by the United States Census Bureau found that the population of Red Cliff is more educated than the national average.
The city's population was spread out. Twenty-eight percent of the population was under the age of 18, while 13.8% was between the ages of 18-24. Thirty-seven percent of the population was between the ages of 25-44 and forty-six percent was sixty-four and over. Ten percent of the population was age 65 and older. The median household size in Red Cliff City was 2.65 people.