Greeley, CO
Greeley, CO Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Greeley, CO Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Greeley ranks 13th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 20th for income. A household earns $101,563 a year while median rent runs $1,579/mo, making it comfortably affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 0% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is affordability (13th of 300), while air quality is the soft spot (266th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 229th and home prices 261st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Greeley, your take-home is worth about $58,603 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
- 20th of 300↑29.2%$101,563
- 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.
- 223rd of 300100 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $101,385
- Per-capita income
- $44,390
- Full-time pay
- $51,025
Housing
- Median rent
- 229th of 300↑30.4%$1,579/mo
- Home value
- 261st of 300↑35.3%$496,100
- Property tax
- $2,688/yr · 0.5%
- Sales tax
- 7.86%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 99th of 3003.9%
- Bachelor's+
- 142nd of 30033.9%
- Avg commute
- 247th of 30027.6 min
People
- Population
- 369,745
- Population change
- +13.9%
- Median age
- 35.5 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 9.9%
- Broadband
- 94.8%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 266th of 30054
- Natural-hazard loss
- 132nd of 300$11/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 91st of 30016.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 13.7%
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
- + Job market
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
- – Air quality
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — nunn 7 nne.
What jobs pay in Greeley
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $174,850
- Financial managers
- $172,530
- Pharmacists
- $148,850
- Lawyers
- $132,990
- Software developers
- $129,480
- General & operations managers
- $123,100
- Police officers
- $96,620
- Registered nurses
- $96,300
- Civil engineers
- $92,680
- Accountants & auditors
- $87,240
- Electricians
- $63,290
- Secondary school teachers
- $62,310
- Elementary school teachers
- $60,160
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $59,450
- Plumbers
- $59,350
- Carpenters
- $57,880
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $53,610
- Waiters & waitresses
- $46,480
- Construction laborers
- $46,150
- Customer service reps
- $45,310
- Janitors
- $38,510
- Retail salespersons
- $36,670
- Cashiers
- $35,760
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 Greeley 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.
- California1,110
- Texas802
- Arizona580
- Utah472
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Greeley metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Greeley metro?
- Median gross rent across the Greeley, CO Metro Area is $1,579 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Greeley.
- What is the median household income in the Greeley metro?
- A typical household in the Greeley, CO Metro Area earns $101,563 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Greeley expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Greeley, CO Metro Area runs about 0% 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 Greeley metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $101,385 (versus its face value of $101,563). CityLedger rates the Greeley, CO Metro Area comfortably affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Greeley metro?
- The median home value across the Greeley, CO Metro Area is $496,100 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Greeley metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Greeley, CO Metro Area is 3.9% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).