Scores by category

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

Safety7#14,465/15,637
Economy50#7,844/15,631
Housing41#8,845/14,977
Health49#8,029/15,609
Healthcare65#5,540/15,650
Environment74#3,943/15,453
Education87#2,035/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,158/15,650
Community44#8,703/15,651
Leisure & amenities37#9,865/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public EV charging ports · high63.8 /10k
100/100Colorado 13.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLincoln County value
Public libraries · high5.4 /10k
99/100Colorado 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLincoln County value
Pharmacies · high3.5 /10k
98/100Colorado 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low94 min
98/100Colorado 136 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLincoln County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.7 µg/m³
97/100Colorado 5.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyLincoln County value
Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
97/100Colorado 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high100.9 /100k
0/100Colorado 11.9 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataLincoln County value
Job growth · low-5.2%
2/100Colorado -0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLincoln County value
Mammography screening · low29.0%
2/100Colorado 45.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLincoln County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Colorado 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLincoln County value
Distance to an emergency room · high15.3 mi
7/100Colorado 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLincoln County value
Suicide rate · high25.3 /100k
8/100Colorado 22.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataLincoln County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,105 (2015-2019) → 1,678 (2020-2024)
+52%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
14.1% (2015-2019) → 41.2% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
64.3% (2015-2019) → 38.1% (2020-2024)
−26 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
32.9% (2015-2019) → 8.3% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
11.3 min (2015-2019) → 23.7 min (2020-2024)
+109%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Median household incomeImproving
$40,694 (2015-2019) → $65,776 (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Limon, Colorado improved on 3 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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++27 points14.1% → 41.2%
Poverty−9.5 points17.5% → 8.1%
Household income+62%$40,694 → $65,776

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Limon, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%2015-2019	41.2%2020-2024	+27 points	Improved	100%
Broadband subscriptions	79.4%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Within the margin of error	39%
High school diploma or higher	94.3%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	57%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4832015-2019	0.4292020-2024	−0.054	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$40,6942015-2019	$65,7762020-2024	+62%	Improved	91%
Poverty rate	17.5%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	−9.5 points	Improved	92%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.7%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%

“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 Limon, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Limon, 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.

No place that looked like Limon, Colorado five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Limon, Colorado itself moved +21 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

1,678 residents (±218)

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: 60–69 men (+6.4 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,678 residents (±218)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

White92%1,542
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino4.6%†78

Education

1,236 residents (±158)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

No high school diploma5.8%†72
High school or GED30%367
Some college18%†222

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

682 households (±83)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k19%†130
$25k–50k23%†156
$50k–75k17%†116
$75k–100k8.7%†59
$100k–150k23%†155
$150k–200k5.1%†35
$200k or more4.5%†31

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+16.3 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

682 households (±83)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

Own70%480
Rent30%†202

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

202 households (±65)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $75035%†70
$750–1,00021%†43
$1,000–1,50021%†43

Home values

480 homes (±74)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $150k35%†166
$150k–250k24%†117
$250k–400k26%†126

Age of homes

778 homes (±87)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

2010 or later5.7%†44
2000–20095.5%†43
1980–199943%334

Size of homes

778 homes (±87)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

Studio2.1%†16
1 bedroom12%†92
2 bedrooms25%†195

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

761 workers (±141)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone85%645
Carpool8.4%†64
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.2%†17
Bike0.9%†7
Work from home3.7%†28
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

733 workers (±138)

Limon, Colorado
Colorado share

Under 15 min67%493
15–29 min7.9%†58
30–44 min4.9%†36

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 Lincoln County, the county holding most of Limon's residents.

Lincoln County has 153 employer establishments, 278 for every 10,000 residents (1.12× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Colorado's), with 1,351 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,739. The Census Bureau also counts 422 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 153; 422 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 278; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 1,351
Average annual pay: $45,739; US $68,342

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

Traveler accommodation	12	21.8	12.1×More than typical	101	$25,673	—
Gasoline stations	11	20	6.17×More than typical	178	$36,449	—
Restaurants and other eating places	9	16.4	0.89×Too few to compare	174	$22,707	3
Lessors of real estate	7	12.7	1.03×Too few to compare	10	$23,500	38
Specialty trade contractors	7	12.7	0.82×Too few to compare	63	$44,413	42
Religious organizations	6	10.9	1.97×Too few to compare	7	$12,571	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	9.1	1.81×Too few to compare	42	$50,048	8
Limited-service restaurants	5	9.1	1.13×Too few to compare	133	$20,609	—
Ambulatory health care services	4	7.3	0.35×Too few to compare	26	$65,538	16
Construction of buildings	4	7.3	0.96×Too few to compare	30	$29,700	18
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	7.3	1.66×Too few to compare	27	$47,556	6
Management, scientific and technical consulting	4	7.3	1.08×Too few to compare	4	$32,750	13

Rank places for an industry Open Lincoln County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,495 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Limon, Colorado: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

98.7FY2017
547.4FY2020
-51.1FY2021

What was bought

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 Limon, Colorado, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Lincoln 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.

Limon, 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.

Lincoln County46100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Lincoln 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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