City · Yuma County, Colorado

Wray, Colorado

Wray is a city in Yuma County, Colorado. It has 2,114 residents. Wray, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 70 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,689 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Colorado it ranks #105 of 220 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), distance to an airport (high) and uninsured residents (under 65) (high).

70High

Quality-of-life score: #4,689 of 15,651 cities and towns
Colorado: #105 of 220 in CO
Population: 2,114 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 611.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 0886310

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety80#3,157/15,637
Economy48#8,120/15,631
Housing26#11,069/14,977
Health77#3,514/15,609
Healthcare36#10,086/15,650
Environment77#3,597/15,453
Education51#7,656/15,649
Infrastructure56#6,878/15,650
Community83#2,666/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,924/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Grocery stores · high4.0 /10k
98/100Colorado 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsYuma County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.1 µg/m³
96/100Colorado 5.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyYuma County value
Unemployment rate · low0.5%
95/100Colorado 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Restaurants and bars · high14.1 /10k
94/100Colorado 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsYuma County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Colorado 3.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYuma County value
Child care cost burden · low20.9%
92/100Colorado 32.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYuma County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low6.0%
0/100Colorado 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYuma County value
Distance to an airport · high117 mi
6/100Colorado 40 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauYuma County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high23.5%
12/100Colorado 9.3%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Mammography screening · low38.0%
13/100Colorado 45.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYuma County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Colorado 5.6 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Average weekly wage · low$977
15/100Colorado $1,618United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsYuma County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,536 (2015-2019) → 2,114 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.8% (2015-2019) → 90.6% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
11.6% (2015-2019) → 23.5% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.6% (2015-2019) → 0.5% (2020-2024)
−6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
48.7% (2015-2019) → 54.1% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Wray, Colorado improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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+22 points68.8% → 90.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Wray, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.7 min2015-2019	13.9 min2020-2024	−2.8 min	Within the margin of error	78%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Broadband subscriptions	68.8%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.61%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	10%
High school diploma or higher	79.8%2015-2019	76.3%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4612015-2019	0.4512020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$51,3752015-2019	$57,1712020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	19.3%2015-2019	17.5%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	48.7%2015-2019	54.1%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.6%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	2%

“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 Wray, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wray, 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, Wray, Colorado itself moved −0.3 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

2,114 residents (±327)

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: Under 10 women (−5.6 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

2,114 residents (±327)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

White60%1,276
Black0.4%†9
Hispanic or Latino34%†711

Education

1,503 residents (±234)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

No high school diploma24%†356
High school or GED20%302
Some college22%†332

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

919 households (±152)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k23%†214
$25k–50k24%†217
$50k–75k11%†97
$75k–100k17%†160
$100k–150k17%†154
$150k–200k4.6%†42
$200k or more3.8%†35

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+8.6 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

919 households (±152)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

Own57%525
Rent43%†394

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

386 households (±119)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $75040%†154
$750–1,00026%†102
$1,000–1,50028%†110

Home values

525 homes (±122)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $150k34%†177
$150k–250k34%†180
$250k–400k26%†136

Age of homes

966 homes (±160)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

2010 or later3.4%†33
2000–20090.0%0
1980–199917%†165

Size of homes

966 homes (±160)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

Studio2.1%†20
1 bedroom20%†191
2 bedrooms20%†191

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

938 workers (±231)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone87%812
Carpool5.8%†54
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.0%†28
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.3%†22
Other2.3%†22

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

916 workers (±224)

Wray, Colorado
Colorado share

Under 15 min69%628
15–29 min12%†109
30–44 min16%†150

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 Yuma County, the county holding most of Wray's residents.

Yuma County has 352 employer establishments, 356 for every 10,000 residents (1.43× the US rate of 248; 1.15× Colorado's), with 2,314 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,803. The Census Bureau also counts 1,122 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 352; 1,122 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 356; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 2,314
Average annual pay: $50,803; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	21	21.2	1.16×About typical	178	$21,876	7
Specialty trade contractors	20	20.2	1.31×More than typical	82	$45,805	114
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	18	18.2	4.47×More than typical	38	$42,316	15
Insurance agencies and brokerages	17	17.2	3.91×More than typical	45	$58,289	14
Truck transportation	17	17.2	3.40×More than typical	31	$64,226	83
Ambulatory health care services	15	15.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	91	$56,000	46
Full-service restaurants	13	13.1	1.71×More than typical	85	$25,106	4
Religious organizations	13	13.1	2.37×More than typical	33	$16,242	—
Lessors of real estate	12	12.1	0.98×About typical	12	$62,500	149
Building equipment contractors	11	11.1	1.85×More than typical	39	$33,205	15
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	10.1	2.01×More than typical	33	$47,818	22
Banks and credit unions	10	10.1	3.13×More than typical	97	$61,000	—

Rank places for an industry Open Yuma County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,898 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: Wray is mostly in Yuma County.

See federal money in Yuma 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.

Wray, 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.

Yuma County74100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Yuma 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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