Douglas County, Colorado

Douglas County has a population of 377,150 and has grown 11.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $713,600, about 4.8 times the county's median household income of $149,594.

Home price
$713,600
Income
$149,594
Population
377,150
Unemployment
3.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$713,600county
Median gross rent$2,193county
Median year homes here were built2002county
Share of homes built before 19807.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant3.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$2,306county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,089county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,754county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,734county
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$149,594county
Family health premium / yr$24,974(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,840(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.998(statewide)
Poverty rate3.8%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 home30.5%county
Unemployment rate3.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force71.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.2%county
Share of workers employed by government11.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.0%county
Economic output per resident$82,668county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.55%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 time27.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service28 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport40012895county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station20 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.4%county
Traffic deaths13.5county
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 higher62.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher97.9%county
Public schools in the county90county
Public school enrollment63130county
Students per full-time teacher17.8county
Free lunch eligible17.6%county
Elementary schools61county
Middle schools9county
High schools14county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution6.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians70county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter7.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.9%county
Frequent mental distress13.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity12.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes6.9%county

Place

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

Population377,150county
Land area in square miles840county
People per square mile of land449.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores32county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store40.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract1.1%county
Population change since 2020+11.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age39.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.9%county
Share of households that are one person20.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.4%county
Second languages10.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls37.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents42county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in17,859county
Households that moved away15,281county
Average income of arriving households$111,899county
Average income of departing households$108,488county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes17county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,398county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings38.9%county
Violent crime rate476(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature49.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation16.7 incounty
Annual snowfall47.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.83 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F11 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing145 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days146 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 11county
Average first fall frostOct 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$130county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh15.1¢county
Household electricity use864 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity22.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas73.4%county
Homes heated by propane2.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband97.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk86.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk34.5county
Landslide risk78.2county
Hail risk98.6county
Earthquake risk62.4county
Tornado risk93.4county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk54.8county
Winter weather risk96.6county
Strong wind risk93.0county
Wildfire risk98.4county

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 Douglas 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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