Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety60#6,271/15,637
Economy94#936/15,631
Housing44#8,331/14,977
Health87#2,071/15,609
Healthcare91#1,349/15,650
Environment58#6,474/15,453
Education95#837/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,552/15,650
Community79#3,292/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,208/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Berthoud, Colorado ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Larimer County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Hot days · low0 days
100/100Colorado 23 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLarimer County value
Physical inactivity · low13.0%
99/100Colorado 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · low1,488 /100k
97/100Colorado 1,686 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLarimer County value
Adult obesity · low23.7%
96/100Colorado 27.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Reading scores · high3.40
95/100Colorado 3.15United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLarimer County value
Voter turnout · high78.8%
94/100Colorado 74.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionLarimer County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
4/100Colorado 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLarimer County value
Child care cost burden · high41.3%
6/100Colorado 32.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLarimer County value
Drought exposure · high86%
8/100Colorado 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAALarimer County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Colorado 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLarimer County value
High ozone days · high7 days
12/100Colorado 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLarimer County value
Days with unhealthy air · high3.0%
13/100Colorado 1.2%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLarimer County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
7,191 (2015-2019) → 12,411 (2020-2024)
+73%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
50.0 /1k (2021) → 9.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−81%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
32.8% (2015-2019) → 48.1% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
52.3% (2015-2019) → 38.4% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$78,393 (2015-2019) → $119,385 (2020-2024)
+52%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.6% (2015-2019) → 24.8% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Berthoud, Colorado improved on 3 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++15 points32.8% → 48.1%
Uninsured−6.7 points12.2% → 5.5%
Household income+52%$78,393 → $119,385

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Berthoud, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.7 min2015-2019	31.5 min2020-2024	+1.7 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%2015-2019	48.1%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	92.7%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
High school diploma or higher	94.8%2015-2019	96.7%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	4.4×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4082015-2019	0.3722020-2024	−0.036	Within the margin of error	78%
Median household income	$78,3932015-2019	$119,3852020-2024	+52%	Improved	86%
Rent as share of income	31.6%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Rent-burdened households	52.3%2015-2019	38.4%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.2%2015-2019	5.5%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Improved	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Berthoud, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Berthoud, Colorado in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Berthoud, Colorado itself moved +13.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

12,411 residents (±187)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49†
30–39
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−4.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

12,411 residents (±187)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

White82%10,209
Black0.5%†56
Hispanic or Latino13%1,599

Education

8,700 residents (±388)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

No high school diploma3.3%†291
High school or GED15%1,332
Some college23%2,017

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,881 households (±268)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k7.5%†366
$25k–50k9.1%†445
$50k–75k10%†490
$75k–100k11%†528
$100k–150k22%†1,079
$150k–200k19%934
$200k or more21%1,039

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+14.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,881 households (±268)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

Own88%4,272
Rent12%†609

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

567 households (±204)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $7507.1%†40
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5004.4%†25

Home values

4,272 homes (±319)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $150k5.6%†239
$150k–250k1.5%†64
$250k–400k9.6%†409

Age of homes

5,158 homes (±305)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

2010 or later56%2,863
2000–200910%†536
1980–199920%1,019

Size of homes

5,158 homes (±305)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.8%†40
2 bedrooms21%1,093

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,047 workers (±453)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone71%4,987
Carpool4.8%†338
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.6%†113
Bike0.0%†2
Work from home21%1,488
Other1.7%†119

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,559 workers (±451)

Berthoud, Colorado
Colorado share

Under 15 min16%908
15–29 min36%1,975
30–44 min25%†1,371

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Larimer County, the county holding most of Berthoud's residents.

Larimer County has 11,764 employer establishments, 317 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Colorado's), with 139,517 paid employees at an average annual pay of $62,840. The Census Bureau also counts 38,966 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 11,764; 38,966 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 317; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 139,517
Average annual pay: $62,840; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Larimer County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,020	27.5	1.32×More than typical	9,232	$71,889	2,280
Specialty trade contractors	941	25.4	1.64×More than typical	7,156	$63,895	2,368
Lessors of real estate	792	21.3	1.73×More than typical	2,269	$96,093	5,130
Restaurants and other eating places	749	20.2	1.10×About typical	16,036	$26,220	112
Real estate agents and brokers	474	12.8	2.62×More than typical	771	$66,859	1,126
Offices of other health practitioners	462	12.4	2.05×More than typical	1,939	$43,156	1,462
Management, scientific and technical consulting	444	12	1.78×More than typical	1,780	$78,662	2,124
Construction of buildings	378	10.2	1.35×More than typical	2,111	$79,687	1,044
Services to buildings and dwellings	358	9.6	1.43×More than typical	2,838	$42,996	1,466
Architectural, engineering and related services	341	9.2	2.63×More than typical	3,114	$95,424	503
Building equipment contractors	336	9.1	1.50×More than typical	3,368	$61,768	384
Limited-service restaurants	316	8.5	1.06×About typical	6,874	$23,072	51

Rank places for an industry Open Larimer County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 371,192 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $324.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Berthoud, Colorado: $26.16 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $324.7K; −74% vs FY2025
Per resident: $26.16; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$324.7K100%

Top recipients

ORIGAMI SPACE DEVELOPMENT, INC.$324.7K100%
VISTAR ENTERPRISES LLC$00.0%
AGILE RF SYSTEMS LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

216.9KFY2017
706.2KFY2018
663KFY2019
64KFY2020
266.1KFY2021
80.7KFY2022
234.8KFY2023
324.4K

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$324.7K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Berthoud, Colorado, so they do not add up across cities.

Berthoud, Colorado's figures are part of those of Larimer County, CO and Weld County, CO ($294.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Berthoud is mostly in Larimer County.

See federal money in Larimer County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Berthoud, Colorado is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO88

Other cities and towns in Larimer County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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