Exploring jurisdictions? Browse the rankings below to find where housing need is greatest. Click any county row to see a detailed profile — then select it as your working jurisdiction to begin your analysis.
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Colorado • Statewide Context

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Rank all 64 Colorado counties, incorporated places, and Census-Designated Places by housing need. Click any row to see its statewide position, strengths and challenges, and a direct link to begin your Housing Needs Assessment. Rankings refresh automatically each Monday.

How to use this page
1. Filter by county Use the county selector to narrow the table to jurisdictions within a specific county.
2. Sort & explore Click column headers to sort by any metric. Higher need scores indicate greater housing need.
3. Compare two jurisdictions Click the A and B buttons on any two rows to open a side-by-side comparison with demographics, housing gaps, homeownership affordability, and recommended AMI unit mix.
4. Start your project Click a jurisdiction name to open its full Housing Needs Assessment, or use it as your working jurisdiction for the 5-step workflow.
Key metrics explained:
Need Score
Composite index (0-100): 50% unit gap at 30% AMI, 30% renter cost-burden rate, 20% in-commuter pressure
Unit Gap
Estimated deficit of affordable rental units at a given AMI threshold (from HUD CHAS data)
% Rent Burdened
Share of renter households paying 30%+ of income on housing costs
In-Commuters
Workers employed in the jurisdiction but living elsewhere (demand signal for local housing)
— Total Geographies Census TIGERweb
— Counties ACS 2024
— Incorporated Places ACS 2024
— CDPs ACS 2024

Rank Geography Type Region Overall Need Score Units Needed (30% AMI) % Rent Burdened In-Commuters Population Median HH Income % Renters Unemp. Rate Full HNA
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Rankings derived from ACS 5-year estimates, DOLA county population projections, HUD CHAS cost-burden data, LEHD commuting flows, and AMI gap modeling. Overall Need Score weights: 50% unit gap (30% AMI), 30% cost-burden rate, 20% in-commuter pressure. Underserved AMI tiers are those with <75% market coverage and a deficit >100 units. Incorporated place values are scaled by population share within their containing county. Housing Commitment scores are derived from DOLA Proposition 123 filings, local housing authority registries, inclusionary zoning ordinance data, local housing trust fund programs, and jurisdiction-level housing plans and advocacy organizations. Unemp. Rate — BLS LAUS annual average; county-level only (places/CDPs show —). Data refreshes automatically each Monday 06:30 UTC via GitHub Actions. · Run individual HNA → · Data freshness →