Town · Sedgwick County, Colorado

Julesburg, Colorado

Julesburg is a town in Sedgwick County, Colorado. It has 1,181 residents. Julesburg, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 39 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,566 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Colorado it ranks #170 of 220 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), suicide rate (low) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), social associations (low) and job growth (low).

39Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,566 of 15,651 cities and towns
Colorado: #170 of 220 in CO
Population: 1,181 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 781.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 0839965

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 65 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety72#4,441/15,637
Economy24#11,876/15,631
Housing17#12,490/14,977
Health56#6,863/15,609
Healthcare43#8,934/15,650
Environment69#4,828/15,453
Education48#8,061/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,754/15,650
Community40#9,426/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,259/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Julesburg, Colorado ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sedgwick 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

Pharmacies · high4.4 /10k
100/100Colorado 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSedgwick County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Colorado 22.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSedgwick County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Colorado 15.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSedgwick County value
Grocery stores · high4.4 /10k
99/100Colorado 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSedgwick County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Colorado 28.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSedgwick County value
Public libraries · high4.4 /10k
98/100Colorado 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSedgwick County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low10.0%
0/100Colorado 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSedgwick County value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Colorado 8.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSedgwick County value
Job growth · low-7.6%
0/100Colorado -0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataSedgwick County value
Traffic deaths · high69.0 /100k
1/100Colorado 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataSedgwick County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Colorado 6.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSedgwick County value
Distance to an airport · high145 mi
3/100Colorado 40 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSedgwick County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,259 (2015-2019) → 1,181 (2020-2024)
−6.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.7% (2015-2019) → 87.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
46.1% (2015-2019) → 60.0% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.4× (2020-2024)
+67%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeImproving
20.7 min (2015-2019) → 12.9 min (2020-2024)
−38%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
High school diploma or higherImproving
89.2% (2015-2019) → 96.2% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Julesburg, Colorado improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 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.

Improved1

Broadband+14 points73.7% → 87.8%

Declined1

Price / income+1.4×2.1× → 3.4×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Julesburg, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	12.9 min2020-2024	−7.8 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Broadband subscriptions	73.7%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	29.3%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.72%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
High school diploma or higher	89.2%2015-2019	96.2%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4212015-2019	0.4302020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$41,4422015-2019	$43,5002020-2024	+5%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	18.0%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	34.5%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Rent-burdened households	46.1%2015-2019	60.0%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.5%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“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 Julesburg, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Julesburg, 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, Julesburg, Colorado itself moved −5.7 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

1,181 residents (±176)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

556 households (±76)

Julesburg, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k29%†159
$25k–50k25%†137
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

556 households (±76)

Julesburg, Colorado
Colorado share

Own66%367
Rent34%189

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

584 workers (±118)

Julesburg, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone76%442
Carpool12%†69
Public transit0.0%0

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 Sedgwick County, the county holding most of Julesburg's residents.

Sedgwick County has 74 employer establishments, 320 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Colorado's), with 461 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,768. The Census Bureau also counts 227 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 74; 227 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 320; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 461
Average annual pay: $41,768; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	4	17.3	3.42×Too few to compare	4	$22,250	8
Banks and credit unions	3	13	4.01×Too few to compare	16	$45,625	—
Restaurants and other eating places	3	13	0.71×Too few to compare	19	$20,947	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	7
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5
Barber shops	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Beauty salons	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	6

Rank places for an industry Open Sedgwick County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,313 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Sedgwick 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.

Julesburg, Colorado is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Lauren BoebertR-CO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.4%

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.

Sedgwick County48100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Sedgwick 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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