Town · Grand County, Colorado

Kremmling, Colorado

Kremmling is a town in Grand County, Colorado. It has 1,807 residents. Kremmling, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 72 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,457 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Colorado it ranks #99 of 220 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), hot days (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), pharmacies (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

72High

Quality-of-life score: #4,457 of 15,651 cities and towns
Colorado: #99 of 220 in CO
Population: 1,807 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,379.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 0841560

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety58#6,567/15,637
Economy52#7,466/15,631
Housing24#11,318/14,977
Health72#4,425/15,609
Healthcare32#10,692/15,650
Environment88#1,917/15,453
Education81#2,952/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,680/15,650
Community88#1,932/15,651
Leisure & amenities92#1,197/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Preventable hospital stays · low890 /100k
100/100Colorado 1,686 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrand County value
Hot days · low0 days
100/100Colorado 23 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGrand County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low3.9 µg/m³
100/100Colorado 5.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGrand County value
Restaurants and bars · high30.3 /10k
100/100Colorado 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrand County value
Public EV charging ports · high34.0 /10k
99/100Colorado 13.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGrand County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high18.8 /10k
99/100Colorado 6.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrand County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Colorado 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGrand County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Colorado 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrand County value
Distance to an emergency room · high21.6 mi
2/100Colorado 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGrand County value
Suicide rate · high23.8 /100k
11/100Colorado 22.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataGrand County value
Child care cost burden · high37.4%
15/100Colorado 32.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrand County value
Home price to income ratio · high4.9×
18/100Colorado 5.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,673 (2015-2019) → 1,807 (2020-2024)
+8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
24.4% (2015-2019) → 9.3% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$52,621 (2015-2019) → $77,407 (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.5% (2015-2019) → 46.7% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
20.8% (2015-2019) → 15.4% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
2.4% (2015-2019) → 6.7% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Kremmling, Colorado improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Kremmling, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.2 min2015-2019	29.1 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Broadband subscriptions	82.1%2015-2019	80.1%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	92.5%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	4.9×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	30%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4452015-2019	0.3852020-2024	−0.060	Within the margin of error	87%
Median household income	$52,6212015-2019	$77,4072020-2024	+47%	Within the margin of error	82%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.1%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.1%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	77%

“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 Kremmling, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kremmling, 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, Kremmling, Colorado itself moved +4.6 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,807 residents (±405)

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: 20–29 women (+6.7 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

1,807 residents (±405)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

White48%†869
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino33%†602

Education

963 residents (±221)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

No high school diploma6.1%†59
High school or GED40%†388
Some college17%†

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

612 households (±157)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k14%†85
$25k–50k18%†113
$50k–75k13%†82
$75k–100k16%†100
$100k–150k16%†95
$150k–200k13%†82
$200k or more9.0%†55

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

† 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

612 households (±157)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

Own83%507
Rent17%†105

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+15.5 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

105 households (±63)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $7507.6%†8
$750–1,0005.7%†6
$1,000–1,50032%†34

Home values

507 homes (±139)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $150k11%†55
$150k–250k5.1%†26
$250k–400k39%†198

Age of homes

742 homes (±156)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

2010 or later0.8%†6
2000–200915%†108
1980–199921%†159

Size of homes

742 homes (±156)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

Studio2.6%†19
1 bedroom5.0%†37
2 bedrooms26%†193

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

763 workers (±229)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone76%†582
Carpool7.2%†55
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.7%†51
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.8%†75
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.7 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

688 workers (±209)

Kremmling, Colorado
Colorado share

Under 15 min30%†209
15–29 min13%†89
30–44 min21%†147

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

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 Grand County, the county holding most of Kremmling's residents.

Grand County has 917 employer establishments, 571 for every 10,000 residents (2.30× the US rate of 248; 1.85× Colorado's), with 8,294 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,682. The Census Bureau also counts 2,207 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 917; 2,207 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 571; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 8,294
Average annual pay: $44,682; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	112	69.8	4.51×More than typical	472	$70,650	229
Lessors of real estate	92	57.3	4.65×More than typical	271	$52,642	379
Restaurants and other eating places	83	51.7	2.82×More than typical	1,153	$29,593	16
Construction of buildings	79	49.2	6.51×More than typical	261	$67,345	151
Real estate agents and brokers	69	43	8.83×More than typical	188	$47,995	72
Full-service restaurants	53	33	4.30×More than typical	863	$30,750	9
Building equipment contractors	36	22.4	3.73×More than typical	184	$67,908	35
Services to buildings and dwellings	35	21.8	3.23×More than typical	121	$48,678	203
Other specialty trade contractors	30	18.7	7.45×More than typical	134	$70,134	84
Traveler accommodation	30	18.7	10.4×More than typical	744	$44,448	15
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	25	15.6	4.94×More than typical	102	$83,255	31
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	24	15	5.62×More than typical	1,827	$20,371	30

Rank places for an industry Open Grand County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 16,051 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: Kremmling is mostly in Grand County.

See federal money in Grand 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.

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

House

Joe NeguseD-CO-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.1%

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.

Grand County89100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Grand 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
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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