Census-designated place · Douglas County, Colorado

Sierra Ridge, Colorado

Sierra Ridge is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado, part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area. It has 3,663 residents. Sierra Ridge, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 88 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,891 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Colorado it ranks #43 of 220 cities and towns. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), voter turnout (high) and broadband subscriptions (high). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), high ozone days (high) and public libraries (low).

88Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,891 of 15,651 cities and towns
Colorado: #43 of 220 in CO
Population: 3,663 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 7,231.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 0870112

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety76#3,708/15,637
Economy99#94/15,631
Housing12#13,243/14,977
Health97#543/15,609
Healthcare89#1,681/15,650
Environment54#7,093/15,453
Education95#826/15,649
Infrastructure83#2,635/15,650
Community76#3,808/15,651
Leisure & amenities48#8,175/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sierra Ridge, 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

Poverty rate · low0.1%
100/100Colorado 9.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Voter turnout · high89.6%
100/100Colorado 74.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDouglas County value
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Colorado 93.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Food environment index · high9.7
99/100Colorado 8.5United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDouglas County value
Adult smoking · low6.3%
99/100Colorado 13.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low9.7%
99/100Colorado 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

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
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
Home price to income ratio · high5.4×
14/100Colorado 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
1,742 (2016-2020) → 3,663 (2020-2024)
+110%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
72.5% (2016-2020) → 56.9% (2020-2024)
−16 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
80.8% (2016-2020) → 66.8% (2020-2024)
−14 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$101,875 (2016-2020) → $158,183 (2020-2024)
+55%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherWorsening
99.8% (2016-2020) → 95.6% (2020-2024)
−4.2 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
45.6% (2016-2020) → 42.5% (2020-2024)
−3.1 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 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.

There is not enough history to compare Sierra Ridge, Colorado over five years.

Cities and towns like Sierra Ridge, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sierra Ridge, 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 Sierra Ridge, Colorado five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

3,663 residents (±844)

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

† 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

3,663 residents (±844)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

White57%†2,086
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino17%†636

Education

2,165 residents (±444)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

No high school diploma4.4%†96
High school or GED19%†416
Some college7.6%†165

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

1,171 households (±260)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k4.1%†48
$25k–50k18%†212
$50k–75k2.1%†25
$75k–100k8.3%†97
$100k–150k8.6%†101
$150k–200k35%†409
$200k or more24%†279

† 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

1,171 households (±260)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

Own63%743
Rent37%†428

† 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

428 households (±189)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50021%†91

Home values

743 homes (±208)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0
$400k–750k

Age of homes

1,221 homes (±261)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

2010 or later96%1,177
2000–20092.8%†34
1980–19990.0%0

Size of homes

1,221 homes (±261)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.2%†76
2 bedrooms19%†226

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

1,944 workers (±521)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone56%†1,094
Carpool16%†316
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home27%†534
Other0.0%0

† 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

1,410 workers (±441)

Sierra Ridge, Colorado
Colorado share

Under 15 min23%†329
15–29 min28%†389
30–44 min26%†368

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 Sierra Ridge'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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Sierra Ridge 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.

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