Scores by category

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

Safety76#3,708/15,637
Economy97#411/15,631
Housing67#4,913/14,977
Health96#619/15,609
Healthcare85#2,413/15,650
Environment54#7,093/15,453
Education97#516/15,649
Infrastructure91#1,448/15,650
Community76#3,808/15,651
Leisure & amenities48#8,175/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Voter turnout · high89.6%
100/100Colorado 74.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDouglas County value
Physical inactivity · low12.4%
99/100Colorado 19.0%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food environment index · high9.7
99/100Colorado 8.5United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Poor or fair health · low9.9%
98/100Colorado 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Child poverty rate · low1.2%
98/100Colorado 11.2%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Premature death · low4,051 /100k
98/100Colorado 7,305 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
2/100Colorado 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDouglas County value
High ozone days · high16 days
4/100Colorado 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDouglas County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Colorado 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDouglas County value
Home price to income ratio · high7.1×
6/100Colorado 5.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
11/100Colorado 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDouglas County value
Drought exposure · high80%
12/100Colorado 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAADouglas County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
12,923 (2015-2019) → 14,147 (2020-2024)
+9.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
56.6 /1k (2021) → 15.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−73%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
5.3× (2015-2019) → 7.1× (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
33.3% (2015-2019) → 37.9% (2020-2024)
+4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
22.4 min (2015-2019) → 25.7 min (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateWorsening
2.2% (2015-2019) → 4.9% (2020-2024)
+2.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Lone Tree, Colorado improved on 0 of 13 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Price / income+1.8×5.3× → 7.1×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Lone Tree, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	25.7 min2020-2024	+3.3 min	Within the margin of error	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.0%2015-2019	71.2%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Broadband subscriptions	95.1%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	98.1%2015-2019	98.9%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Home price to income ratio	5.3×2015-2019	7.1×2020-2024	+1.8×	Declined	6%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4472015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$120,3922015-2019	$123,7412020-2024	+2.8%	Within the margin of error	10%
Poverty rate	2.2%2015-2019	4.9%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent as share of income	23.6%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent-burdened households	33.3%2015-2019	37.9%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Unemployment rate	2.8%2015-2019	3.0%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.3%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	29%

“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 Lone Tree, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lone Tree, 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, Lone Tree, Colorado itself moved −5.1 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

14,147 residents (±32)

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: 50–59 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

14,147 residents (±32)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

White74%10,533
Black2.9%†411
Hispanic or Latino6.1%†863

Education

10,943 residents (±361)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

No high school diploma1.1%†118
High school or GED7.9%863
Some college14%1,552

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

6,507 households (±304)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k7.3%†475
$25k–50k5.0%†326
$50k–75k13%†843
$75k–100k13%853
$100k–150k20%1,313
$150k–200k11%712
$200k or more31%1,985

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

6,507 households (±304)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

Own54%3,544
Rent46%2,963

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−5.4 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

2,885 households (±359)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5001.0%†29

Home values

3,544 homes (±289)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $150k1.5%†52
$150k–250k0.5%†17
$250k–400k1.8%†64

Age of homes

6,798 homes (±336)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

2010 or later36%2,433
2000–200923%1,549
1980–199941%2,761

Size of homes

6,798 homes (±336)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

Studio5.2%†355
1 bedroom23%1,546
2 bedrooms19%1,301

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

7,847 workers (±438)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone58%4,555
Carpool4.4%†345
Public transit1.3%†104
Walk1.9%†152
Bike0.2%†13
Work from home32%2,523
Other2.0%†155

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+19.8 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

5,324 workers (±436)

Lone Tree, Colorado
Colorado share

Under 15 min24%1,259
15–29 min38%2,039
30–44 min22%1,173

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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, 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 Douglas County, the county holding most of Lone Tree's residents.

Douglas County has 10,563 employer establishments, 275 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Colorado's), with 132,499 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,160. The Census Bureau also counts 41,421 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,563; 41,421 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 275; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 132,499
Average annual pay: $72,160; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	978	25.4	1.22×About typical	8,953	$76,844	2,278
Lessors of real estate	895	23.3	1.89×More than typical	1,904	$76,433	5,042
Specialty trade contractors	671	17.4	1.13×About typical	5,726	$75,830	1,778
Management, scientific and technical consulting	665	17.3	2.58×More than typical	1,863	$86,052	3,001
Real estate agents and brokers	584	15.2	3.12×More than typical	684	$72,844	1,740
Restaurants and other eating places	579	15.1	0.82×About typical	13,787	$27,333	103
Computer systems design and related services	431	11.2	2.59×More than typical	2,844	$135,019	831
Personal care services	351	9.1	1.91×More than typical	1,922	$36,329	1,300
Offices of other health practitioners	327	8.5	1.40×More than typical	1,453	$49,583	1,310
Construction of buildings	315	8.2	1.08×About typical	2,225	$104,876	845
Offices of physicians	271	7	1.09×About typical	2,762	$92,995	418
Limited-service restaurants	269	7	0.87×About typical	5,976	$24,403	42

Rank places for an industry Open Douglas County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 384,579 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 $12.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lone Tree, Colorado: $880 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $12.5M; −61% vs FY2025
Per resident: $880; US $1,994
Sole-source: 31%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.7%; 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 Navy$6.1M49%
Department of the Air Force$3.9M32%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.6M13%
National Institute of Standards and Technology$670.8K5.4%
Defense Logistics Agency$33.1K0.3%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$27.7K0.2%
Departmental Offices$17.4K0.1%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$11.8K0.1%

Top recipients

BRANDES ASSOCIATES, INC.$6.1M49%
SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$3.9M31%
COCHLEAR AMERICAS CORPORATION$1.6M13%
TRULINK LLC$672.1K5.4%
HDR ENVIRONMENTAL, OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.$77.9K0.6%

Spending by fiscal year

5.5MFY2017
4.8MFY2018
4.1MFY2019
1.8MFY2020
2.7MFY2021
8.5MFY2022
25.7MFY2023
29.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$6.1M49%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$3.9M31%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$1.6M13%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$672.1K5.4%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$75.5K0.6%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Lone Tree, Colorado

DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, TEST, AND EVALUATION OF DIGITAL PRODUCTS AND DATA SYSTEMS, PROVIDING FLEET USERS AN AUTOMATED MEANS TO PLAN, EXECUTE, AND DEBRIEF ALL ASPECTS OF COMPLEX STRIKE AND ASSAULT MISSIONS AGAINST TARGETS AND COLLECTION MISSIONS.$3.6M
BRANDES ASSOCIATES, INC.· Douglas County, CO· Research & development· Feb 11, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· N6893625F3000
EXPRESS REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2025 DATA - PURCHASE ORDER DATA FOR VA NATIONAL COCHLEAR IMPLANT CONTRACT.$2.6M
COCHLEAR AMERICAS CORPORATION· Douglas County, CO· Health & medical· Apr 10, 2026 – Apr 10, 2026· 36C79126K0019
OU13-FY26-058-NEW BOULDER CYBERLOCK EXPANSION PROGRAM$1.1M
TRULINK LLC· Douglas County, CO· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026· 1333ND26FNB130164

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 Lone Tree, Colorado, so they do not add up across cities.

Lone Tree, Colorado's figures are part of those of Douglas County, CO ($2.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Douglas 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

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

Douglas County91100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO78

Other cities and towns in Douglas 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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