Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Colorado
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Colorado ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baca County | $490 | $1,012 | $122,000 |
| 2 | Conejos County | $724 | $1,285 | $162,100 |
| 3 | Sedgwick County | $728 | $1,161 | $142,700 |
| 4 | Huerfano County | $739 | $1,900 | $256,700 |
| 5 | Prowers County | $741 | $1,199 | $150,900 |
| 6 | Saguache County | $746 | $1,532 | $200,000 |
| 7 | Rio Grande County | $782 | $1,649 | $215,400 |
| 8 | Otero County | $796 | $1,264 | $160,700 |
| 9 | Bent County | $854 | $1,118 | $137,900 |
| 10 | Lincoln County | $854 | $1,756 | $232,100 |
| 11 | Costilla County | $857 | $1,334 | $171,300 |
| 12 | Cheyenne County | $862 | $1,463 | $187,100 |
| 13 | Kiowa County | $869 | $1,215 | $148,600 |
| 14 | Las Animas County | $875 | $1,612 | $214,500 |
| 15 | Yuma County | $897 | $1,661 | $215,600 |
| 16 | Mineral County | $903 | $2,973 | $413,000 |
| 17 | Alamosa County | $904 | $1,677 | $218,800 |
| 18 | Kit Carson County | $916 | $1,708 | $221,400 |
| 19 | Rio Blanco County | $924 | $1,825 | $243,400 |
| 20 | Phillips County | $947 | $1,938 | $255,300 |
| 21 | Montezuma County | $974 | $2,250 | $308,100 |
| 22 | Crowley County | $976 | $916 | $106,700 |
| 23 | Washington County | $991 | $1,667 | $218,300 |
| 24 | Custer County | $1,021 | $2,609 | $358,800 |
| 25 | Logan County | $1,027 | $1,746 | $228,100 |
| 26 | Fremont County | $1,036 | $2,096 | $282,100 |
| 27 | Moffat County | $1,051 | $1,973 | $262,500 |
| 28 | Pueblo County | $1,059 | $2,054 | $271,800 |
| 29 | San Juan County | $1,076 | $2,912 | $406,900 |
| 30 | Delta County | $1,080 | $2,320 | $318,000 |
| 31 | Morgan County | $1,092 | $2,248 | $299,300 |
| 32 | Hinsdale County | $1,099 | $3,125 | $438,800 |
| 33 | Montrose County | $1,120 | $2,602 | $357,900 |
| 34 | Mesa County | $1,154 | $2,553 | $349,400 |
| 35 | San Miguel County | $1,173 | $4,278 | $613,100 |
| 36 | Gunnison County | $1,191 | $4,182 | $597,200 |
| 37 | Clear Creek County | $1,230 | $4,064 | $572,800 |
| 38 | Gilpin County | $1,340 | $3,593 | $512,600 |
| 39 | Ouray County | $1,398 | $4,667 | $670,100 |
| 40 | Archuleta County | $1,409 | $3,228 | $451,400 |
| 41 | La Plata County | $1,409 | $3,852 | $549,100 |
| 42 | Elbert County | $1,436 | $4,726 | $664,600 |
| 43 | Grand County | $1,451 | $3,607 | $507,200 |
| 44 | Weld County | $1,469 | $3,242 | $444,500 |
| 45 | Jackson County | $1,484 | $1,841 | $250,000 |
| 46 | Chaffee County | $1,514 | $4,189 | $598,500 |
| 47 | Garfield County | $1,515 | $3,527 | $490,600 |
| 48 | Lake County | $1,599 | $2,904 | $401,300 |
| 49 | El Paso County | $1,609 | $3,115 | $431,000 |
| 50 | Larimer County | $1,677 | $3,843 | $532,200 |
| 51 | Dolores County | $1,688 | $1,728 | $231,900 |
| 52 | Adams County | $1,713 | $3,375 | $458,400 |
| 53 | Teller County | $1,746 | $3,190 | $445,000 |
| 54 | Denver County | $1,770 | $4,190 | $586,700 |
| 55 | Jefferson County | $1,792 | $4,327 | $604,400 |
| 56 | Arapahoe County | $1,812 | $3,812 | $526,000 |
| 57 | Routt County | $1,845 | $5,276 | $756,200 |
| 58 | Summit County | $1,851 | $5,899 | $850,700 |
| 59 | Pitkin County | $1,880 | $7,863 | $1,131,200 |
| 60 | Boulder County | $1,893 | $5,114 | $713,900 |
| 61 | Park County | $1,942 | $3,484 | $489,300 |
| 62 | Eagle County | $2,032 | $5,725 | $814,700 |
| 63 | Broomfield County | $2,074 | $4,588 | $631,600 |
| 64 | Douglas County | $2,095 | $4,847 | $674,000 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Lowest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Colorado