Pueblo County, Colorado

Pueblo County has a population of 169,356 and has grown 0.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $291,300, about 4.5 times the county's median household income of $64,010.

Home price
$291,300
Income
$64,010
Population
169,356
Unemployment
4.8%

Housing

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

Median home price$291,300county
Median gross rent$1,111county
Median year homes here were built1974county
Share of homes built before 198059.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,391county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,269county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$967county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,617county
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$64,010county
Family health premium / yr$24,974(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,840(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.998(statewide)
Poverty rate14.6%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 home8.6%county
Unemployment rate4.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force55.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.8%county
Share of workers employed by government20.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.5%county
Economic output per resident$51,747county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.50%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 time21.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service37 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1248261county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.2 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 station63 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.9%county
Traffic deaths34.8county
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 higher25.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.8%county
Public schools in the county58county
Public school enrollment30559county
Students per full-time teacher19.6county
Free lunch eligible65.9%county
Elementary schools34county
Middle schools12county
High schools9county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians67county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter5.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.2%county
Frequent mental distress16.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.7%county

Place

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

Population169,356county
Land area in square miles2,387county
People per square mile of land71.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores12county
Convenience stores10county
Share living far from a food store24.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract14.6%county
Population change since 2020+0.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age40.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over19.7%county
Share of households that are one person32.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.1%county
Second languages10.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls35.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents99county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in3,942county
Households that moved away3,740county
Average income of arriving households$51,933county
Average income of departing households$56,791county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year226county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate476(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature54.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation12.6 incounty
Annual snowfall40.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.13 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F52 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing120 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days159 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 9county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$116county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh17.1¢county
Household electricity use654 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity15.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas76.3%county
Homes heated by propane5.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband89.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk81.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk58.8county
Landslide risk48.6county
Hail risk98.2county
Earthquake risk66.5county
Tornado risk72.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk56.0county
Winter weather risk98.6county
Strong wind risk66.0county
Wildfire risk92.7county

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

Similar counties in Colorado

Compare Pueblo with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Pueblo in the map