CO metros
Cost of living across major CO metropolitan areas.
What living in CO costs
Across the 5 CO metros we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 98.1 against a national metro median of 95.7 — about 3% pricier than the typical US metro. That ranks CO 31 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
The state is not uniform: Greeley, CO is the cheapest metro at 96.6, while Denver, CO runs 105.8 — a spread of 9% between them.
A typical CO home costs $556,500, or about 6.2× median household income, and typical rent is $1,910/mo.
Taxes in CO
CO levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 0.5% of home value in a typical CO metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 7.8%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver, CO | 105.8 | $573,221 | $1,910 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 98.1 | $457,300 | $1,767 |
| Fort Collins, CO | 97.3 | $556,500 | $1,928 |
| Greeley, CO | 96.6 | $497,279 | $1,728 |
| Boulder, CO | 100.6 | $727,954 | $2,257 |
Cities & towns in CO (56)
Local property tax, home values and school scores for each place.