If Colorado’s economy were viewed as a drought map, the Front Range from the Wyoming border to Colorado Springs has abundant water and ranks high for prosperity, with Douglas County the equiv…
Colorado has the fourth highest share of its population living in prosperous ZIP codes. But southeast Colorado remains distressed, with Prowers County the most distressed county in the state. Pictured here is a tarantula trying to cross the road on Highway 71 back in 2022. If Colorado’s economy were viewed as a drought map, the Front Range from the Wyoming border to Colorado Springs has abundant water and ranks high for prosperity, with Douglas County the equivalent of Blue Mesa Reservoir.
“There is a massive amount of people living in prosperous ZIP codes in Colorado and the state has two of the most prosperous counties in the country as well — Douglas and Elbert,” said August Benzow, research lead at EIG. Measures include the share of the adult population without a high school diploma; the share of vacant homes, not counting vacation homes; the share of adults aged 25-54 who aren’t working; the share of the population below the poverty line; the median household income as a share of the median metro or state household income; changes in employment over the past five years and the percentage change in the number of establishments, primarily businesses, over the past five years.
That region has been and remains distressed in almost every sense of the word. Lack of water to support agriculture and heavy industry, a lack of broadband needed to draw remote workers, a lack of workers to fill jobs even if employers came offering them, and a lack of new home construction to house those workers.
“There is a lot of out-migration,” she acknowledges. “We have older populations, which puts a greater degree of stress on resources.”
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