Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Colorado Springs ranks 52nd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 51st for income. A household earns $90,760 a year while median rent runs $1,761/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 1% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is health (39th of 300), while rent is the soft spot (261st). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 261st and home prices 260th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Colorado Springs, your take-home is worth about $58,294 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 51st of 300↑25%$90,760
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 233rd of 300101 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $90,123
- Per-capita income
- $47,535
- Full-time pay
- $50,636
Housing
- Median rent
- 261st of 300↑40.8%$1,761/mo
- Home value
- 260th of 300↑50.5%$487,900
- Property tax
- $2,063/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 7.86%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 216th of 3005.1%
- Bachelor's+
- 52nd of 30042.8%
- Avg commute
- 175th of 30024.8 min
People
- Population
- 777,635
- Population change
- +4.3%
- Median age
- 35.7 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 7.9%
- Broadband
- 95.4%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 185th of 30049
- Natural-hazard loss
- 188th of 300$15/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 39th of 30015.9%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 9.5%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Education
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — colorado springs muni ap.
What jobs pay in Colorado Springs
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $283,470
- IT managers
- $192,400
- Financial managers
- $172,680
- Pharmacists
- $154,050
- Software developers
- $134,280
- General & operations managers
- $120,770
- Lawyers
- $106,320
- Registered nurses
- $96,140
- Civil engineers
- $94,840
- Police officers
- $91,580
- Accountants & auditors
- $85,000
- Web developers
- $79,840
- Secondary school teachers
- $61,710
- Elementary school teachers
- $61,140
- Plumbers
- $60,510
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $59,790
- Electricians
- $59,210
- Carpenters
- $57,430
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $48,690
- Construction laborers
- $46,340
- Waiters & waitresses
- $46,230
- Customer service reps
- $46,120
- Janitors
- $37,500
- Retail salespersons
- $36,060
- Cashiers
- $35,740
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Colorado Springs metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Colorado are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Texas7,308
- California5,846
- Florida4,420
- Georgia2,542
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Colorado Springs metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Colorado Springs metro?
- Median gross rent across the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area is $1,761 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Colorado Springs.
- What is the median household income in the Colorado Springs metro?
- A typical household in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area earns $90,760 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Colorado Springs expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area runs about 1% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Colorado Springs metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $90,123 (versus its face value of $90,760). CityLedger rates the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Colorado Springs metro?
- The median home value across the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area is $487,900 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Colorado Springs metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Colorado Springs, CO Metro Area is 5.1% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).