City safety & data profile
Colorado SpringsCO
Colorado Springs, CO is a 457K-resident city in El Paso County with a median household income of $84,818.
El Paso County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Colorado Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Colorado Springs has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $452,600, and 7 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 457K
- Population (place)
- Top 1%
- By size
- $84,818
- Median income (place)
- $452,600
- Median home (place)
- 9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs posts a median household income higher than 55% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 7 hospitals serve the Colorado Springs area.
- Top 45%
- by median income, US cities
- 7
- hospitals in & near Colorado Springs
Composite score · Colorado Springs, CO
52/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Colorado Springs income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$84,818 Top 45% higher than 55% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
CO cities ranked by population
Population among 59 CO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Denver
Denver, CO
729,019 residents
- Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO
456,568 residents
- Aurora
Aurora, CO
359,407 residents
- Fort Collins 170,924
Fort Collins, CO
170,924 residents
- Lakewood 152,597
Lakewood, CO
152,597 residents
- Thornton 133,451
Thornton, CO
133,451 residents
- Westminster 116,317
Westminster, CO
116,317 residents
- Arvada 115,368
Arvada, CO
115,368 residents
- Centennial 109,741
Centennial, CO
109,741 residents
- Pueblo 109,412
Pueblo, CO
109,412 residents
What this shows By headcount, Denver ranks #1 here -- income honors go to The Pinery.
Income ranking: CO
Median household income among the same 59-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- The Pinery
The Pinery, CO
$194,446 median
- Erie
Erie, CO
$173,349 median
- Superior
Superior, CO
$159,434 median
- Highlands Ranch
Highlands Ranch, CO
$159,307 median
- Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek, CO
$153,776 median
- Greenwood Village
Greenwood Village, CO
$149,029 median
- Louisville
Louisville, CO
$147,319 median
- Black Forest
Black Forest, CO
$145,460 median
- Castle Rock
Castle Rock, CO
$145,197 median
- Parker
Parker, CO
$133,369 median
What this shows Income honors go to The Pinery here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Denver.
The quick read
Reading Colorado Springs, CO beyond the headline numbers
Colorado Springs sits inside El Paso County, Colorado, at roughly 38.83°N, -104.82°W. Population 456,568, $84,818 median household income. Median home value $452,600, median rent $1,648. Poverty rate 9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
7 hospitals in/around Colorado Springs, 3.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.9% in Colorado Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Colorado Springs costs around 5.3 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
17.6% of Colorado Springs workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
42.7% of Colorado Springs adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Colorado Springs, CO runs $1,648/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
At 9%, poverty in Colorado Springs, CO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Unemployment in Colorado Springs sits at 5.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Colorado Springs from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (El Paso County): Colorado Springs's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
The clearest outlier in Colorado Springs's numbers is poverty rate: 9.0%, which is 27% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median rent runs 7% above average too, at $1,648/mo.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 9% -27% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 42.7% |
| Work From Home | 17.6% |
| Public Transit | 0.5% |
Headcount
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospital Access 7 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Cost of Living
BEA 20240.7% above national average
Metro area: Colorado Springs, CO (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $456K across 120 flood insurance claims filed in El Paso County.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Colorado Springs?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Colorado Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CO-COLORADO-SPRINGS · Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Colorado Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology
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Questions & Answers 8
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Colorado Springs, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (9% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($84,818 here).
Compare Colorado Springs with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Places 8
Using Colorado Springs's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Colorado Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Colorado Springs against Colorado peers on any ranking lens. Explore Colorado
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (El Paso County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.