Bent County, Colorado

Bent County has a population of 5,549 and has grown 1.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $146,900, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $50,179.

Home price
$146,900
Income
$50,179
Population
5,549
Unemployment
5.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$146,900county
Median gross rent$1,162county
Median year homes here were built1959county
Share of homes built before 198075.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,983(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,019county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$777county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,417county
Home insurance / yr$4,963(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.7(statewide)
Median household income$50,179county
Family health premium / yr$24,974(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,840(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.998(statewide)
Poverty rate28.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.4%county
Unemployment rate5.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force38.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed11.1%county
Share of workers employed by government23.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.7%county
Economic output per resident$31,589county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.35%county
Top state income tax4.40%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.40%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.89%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service97 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1248261county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station21 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.1%county
Traffic deaths36.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-0.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher15.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher82.9%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment663county
Students per full-time teacher15.4county
Free lunch eligible64.6%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools1county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution78 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians83(statewide)
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.8 µg(statewide)
Without health insurance7.4%county
Frequent mental distress17.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population5,549county
Land area in square miles1,513county
People per square mile of land3.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store7.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age40.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.9%county
Share of households that are one person37.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.2%county
Second languages8.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls13.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents212county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in147county
Households that moved away95county
Average income of arriving households$30,054county
Average income of departing households$41,389county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings48.4%(statewide)
Violent crime rate476(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation12.3 incounty
Annual snowfall13.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.12 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F70 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing135 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days163 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 1county
Average first fall frostOct 11county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$108county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh16.1¢county
Household electricity use668 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity12.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas65.2%county
Homes heated by propane19.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband83.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk7.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk66.9county
Landslide risk3.3county
Hail risk64.3county
Earthquake risk16.5county
Tornado risk19.7county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk7.9county
Winter weather risk29.8county
Strong wind risk43.5county
Wildfire risk64.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Bent County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Colorado figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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