Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Rio Blanco County has a population of 6,544 and has grown 2.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $274,400, about 4.2 times the county's median household income of $65,473.

Home price
$274,400
Income
$65,473
Population
6,544
Unemployment
2.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$274,400county
Median gross rent$919county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198055.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant14.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented25.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,983(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,009county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$769county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,285county
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$65,473county
Family health premium / yr$24,974(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,840(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.998(statewide)
Poverty rate8.5%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 home9.0%county
Unemployment rate2.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.5%county
Share of workers employed by government30.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.0%county
Economic output per resident$105,376county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.33%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 time17.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service63 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport226830county
Miles to nearest general aviation field20 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station61 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths76.4county
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 higher24.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.8%county
Public schools in the county5county
Public school enrollment1157county
Students per full-time teacher13.8county
Free lunch eligible41.5%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution28 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians124county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity19.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.2%county

Place

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

Population6,544county
Land area in square miles3,221county
People per square mile of land2.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store19.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract58.8%county
Population change since 2020+2.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age37.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.5%county
Share of households that are one person34.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.8%county
Second languages7.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents276county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-17county
Households that moved in171county
Households that moved away211county
Average income of arriving households$54,930county
Average income of departing households$61,256county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year15county
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 temperature47.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation14.2 incounty
Annual snowfall24.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.74 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F4 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing153 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days118 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 28county
Average first fall frostSep 23county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$93county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh14.4¢county
Household electricity use774 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity15.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas65.2%county
Homes heated by propane11.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood5.1%county
Households with broadband92.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk51.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk34.7county
Landslide risk93.9county
Hail risk11.9county
Earthquake risk40.6county
Tornado risk3.7county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk2.1county
Winter weather risk9.1county
Strong wind risk3.3county
Wildfire risk91.6county

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 Rio Blanco 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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