With five of the its cities in the top 100 in "CNN Money's Best Places to Live in 2010," Colorado is tied for first among all 50 states.
Colorado's 8.4 percent unemployment rate in October 2010 is 1.2 percentage points lower than the national rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Census Bureau estimates that the median income of Colorado households in 2009 inflation-adjusted dollars was $55,430, greater than the $50,221 U.S. household median income. Colorado's 2009 12.9 percent poverty rate was below the U.S. rate of 14.3 percent.
The median value of owner-occupied homes in Colorado in 2009 was $237,800, greater than the $185,200 median value for the nation as a whole, the Census Bureau reports. This bureau also reports that 67 percent of all housing units were owner-occupied, compared with 65.9 percent in the United States in 2009.
The average commute to work for Coloradans in 2009 was 24.5 minutes, a bit less than the 25.1-minute commute for the country as a whole, according to the Census Bureau.
