Routt County, Colorado

Routt County has a population of 25,084 and has grown 2.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $854,700, about 8.0 times the county's median household income of $106,489.

Home price
$854,700
Income
$106,489
Population
25,084
Unemployment
2.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$854,700county
Median gross rent$1,917county
Median year homes here were built1993county
Share of homes built before 198031.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant34.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use25.3%county
Typical monthly rent$3,199county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,022county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,845county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,424county
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$106,489county
Family health premium / yr$24,974(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,840(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.998(statewide)
Poverty rate5.2%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 home21.3%county
Unemployment rate2.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force70.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.1%county
Share of workers employed by government12.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.9%county
Economic output per resident$118,036county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.32%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 time20.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service17 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport226830county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station57 micounty
Households without a vehicle1.7%county
Traffic deaths43.9county
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 higher54.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher97.4%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment3419county
Students per full-time teacher13.2county
Free lunch eligible21.4%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools3county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution67 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians132county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.6%county
Frequent mental distress14.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity15.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.1%county

Place

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

Population25,084county
Land area in square miles2,362county
People per square mile of land10.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store49.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract15.9%county
Population change since 2020+2.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age43.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.5%county
Share of households that are one person24.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.1%county
Second languages7.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls31.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents97county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-11county
Households that moved in1,008county
Households that moved away1,109county
Average income of arriving households$138,264county
Average income of departing households$96,894county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes13county
Housing units authorised in the latest year218county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings10.1%county
Violent crime rate476(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature42°Fcounty
Annual precipitation21.3 incounty
Annual snowfall96.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.44 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing205 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days97 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJun 9county
Average first fall frostSep 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$119county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh16.0¢county
Household electricity use747 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity30.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas45.6%county
Homes heated by propane16.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood6.4%county
Households with broadband93.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk57.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk32.3county
Landslide risk89.9county
Hail risk4.6county
Earthquake risk47.0county
Tornado risk4.3county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk67.3county
Strong wind risk5.1county
Wildfire risk80.5county

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 Routt 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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