City safety & data profile
PuebloCO
Pueblo, CO is a 109K-resident city in Pueblo County with a median household income of $56,664.
Pueblo County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Pueblo, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Pueblo has a population larger than 93% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $247,200, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 109K
- Population (place)
- Top 7%
- By size
- $56,664
- Median income (place)
- $247,200
- Median home (place)
- 17.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Pueblo
Pueblo posts a median household income higher than 17% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Pueblo area.
- Bottom 18%
- by median income, US cities
- 3
- hospitals in & near Pueblo
Composite score · Pueblo, CO
22/100
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.
Curious how Pueblo stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Pueblo income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$56,664 Bottom 17% higher than 17% 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
Biggest cities by headcount 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.
- 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.
Highest median incomes in 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 The Pinery leads this pool on median income; Denver is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Pueblo, CO beyond the headline numbers
Pueblo sits inside Pueblo County, Colorado, at roughly 38.25°N, -104.61°W. Population 109,412, $56,664 median household income. Median home value $247,200, median rent $1,082. Poverty rate 17.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
3 hospitals in/around Pueblo, 3.5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 18.9% in Pueblo, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
17.5% of Pueblo, CO residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Only 7.6% of Pueblo workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
A typical renter in Pueblo, CO pays $1,082/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
23.7% of Pueblo adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
A median home in Pueblo runs about 4.4 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Unemployment in Pueblo sits at 4.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Pueblo 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Pueblo County): Pueblo'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 Pueblo's numbers is poverty rate: 17.5%, which is 41% above what's typical across the tracked-city set. Median household income also diverges: $56,664, 37% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 17.5% +41% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 23.7% |
| Work From Home | 7.6% |
| Public Transit | 1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Healthcare 3 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 20248.2% below national average
Metro area: Pueblo, CO (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-level15 flood insurance claims have been filed in Pueblo County since 2016, with $33K paid out by the NFIP.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
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 Pueblo?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Pueblo right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CO-PUEBLO · Pueblo
Pueblo: 6 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-LIGHT 6 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Detroit
Tagged alert mix: Pueblo
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
6
What this shows 6 tagged notices on record for Pueblo.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Detroit, MI (6 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Pueblo; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology
Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (6 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Common Questions 8
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Pueblo, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (17.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($56,664 here).
Compare Pueblo 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
Turning this into a research checklist
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 Pueblo area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- A median income figure alone can mislead, cross-check it against the poverty rate for the fuller picture.
- Compare Pueblo against Colorado peers on any ranking lens. Explore Colorado
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
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 (Pueblo 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.