City safety & data profile

LongmontCO

Longmont, CO is a 92K-resident city in Boulder County with a median household income of $90,671.

Boulder County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Longmont, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Longmont has a population larger than 91% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $572,800, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

92K
Population (place)
Top 9%
By size
$90,671
Median income (place)
$572,800
Median home (place)
8.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Longmont

Longmont posts a median household income higher than 61% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Longmont area.

Top 39%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Longmont

Where Longmont income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$90,671 Top 39% higher than 61% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Longmont $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-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

Largest cities in CO

Population among 59 CO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Denver is the largest CO city on this list; The Pinery leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CO

Median household income among the same 59-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows The Pinery posts the highest place-level median income in CO; Denver is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Longmont, CO beyond the headline numbers

Longmont sits inside Boulder County, Colorado, at roughly 40.17°N, -105.10°W. Population 92,088, $90,671 median household income. Median home value $572,800, median rent $1,816. Poverty rate 8.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Longmont, 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

At 8.6%, poverty in Longmont, CO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Longmont costs around 6.3 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.

22.3% of Longmont workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 25.4% in Longmont, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Longmont 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.

Population (place)
92,088
Longmont · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$90,671
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$572,800
+38% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Boulder County): Longmont'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.

20132024
Population
329K+9%
Median Income
$103,994+53%
Median Home Value
$756,300+116%
Poverty Rate
11.2%-21%
Unemployment
4.8%-34%

Economics

Economics indicators for Longmont, CO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,816/mo
Poverty Rate
8.6% -31% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 47%
Work From Home 22.3%
Public Transit 2%

Population

White 72.2%
African American 0.9%
Asian 3.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
25.4%
High Blood Pressure
23.3%
Obesity
18.5%
Binge Drinking
18%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.5%
Physical Inactivity
14.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.9%
Current Asthma
10.5%
Current Smoking
10.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.8%
Annual Checkup 69.3%

Other Measures

Diabetes
8%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
2.8%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL
LONGMONT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL
LONGMONT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Longmont?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Longmont right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CO-LONGMONT · Longmont

Longmont: 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 Longmont; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Longmont, CO?
Longmont, CO has a population of 92,088 people, located in Boulder County, Colorado.
What is the median household income in Longmont?
The median household income in Longmont, CO is $90,671 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.6%.
What is the median home value in Longmont?
The median home value in Longmont, CO is $572,800. Median rent is $1,816/month.
What are the top health concerns in Longmont?
The top health indicators in Longmont include Short Sleep Duration (25.4%), High Blood Pressure (23.3%), Obesity (18.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Longmont?
Longmont has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Longmont?
The median age in Longmont, CO is 40.3 years. 47% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Longmont, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (8.6% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($90,671 here).

Compare Longmont with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Longmont'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 Longmont 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 Longmont 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 (Boulder 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.