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Place dossier plate
SheetCO-EL-JEBEL-CO · El Jebel, CO 3,935 pop · income 78th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around El Jebel
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest El Jebel on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rocky Ford · lowest
35,658
Rocky Ford · lowest
35,658 median HH income
20.6% of the leader · rank #1
Hamilton · near
100,503
Hamilton · near
100,503 median HH income
58.2% of the leader · rank #2
East Dennis · near
100,504
East Dennis · near
100,504 median HH income
58.2% of the leader · rank #3
Juneau · near
100,513
Juneau · near
100,513 median HH income
58.2% of the leader · rank #4
Newberry · near
100,513
Newberry · near
100,513 median HH income
58.2% of the leader · rank #5
El Jebel · this city
100,518
El Jebel · this city
100,518 median HH income
58.2% of the leader · rank #6
Genesee · highest
172,692
Genesee · highest
172,692 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for El Jebel on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,935.
El Jebel ranks in the 78th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
78th
percentile, household income
96th
percentile, home value
68th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: El Jebel, CO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,935 residents in El Jebel, a small town within Colorado. Households in El Jebel report a median income of $100,518 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.9%. Home values in El Jebel run a median of $854,300, and the median resident age is 40.9 years. About 50.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 79.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Colorado carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Colorado scores 103.1 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,429 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Colorado run around $202, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 40.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of El Jebel's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For El Jebel, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in El Jebel?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 59.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in El Jebel?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 8.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for El Jebel?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Colorado, the closest population matches are Penrose (3,978 residents, $75,109 income); Basalt (3,995 residents, $106,000 income); Florence (3,870 residents, $57,239 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Richmond, CA (3,935 residents); Chandler, IN (3,935 residents); Upland, IN (3,935 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Colorado average
B-
City profile score · El Jebel, CO
68/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A
1.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
50.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B+
$100,518
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
103.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
El Jebel profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 86/100 (A) · 1.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 84/100 (A-) · 50.2%
Household income: 77/100 (B+) · $100,518
Cost of living: 26/100 (F) · 103.1 index
How does El Jebel compare to other US cities?
El Jebel measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income78% higher than other cities
Home value96% pricier than other cities
Median rent68% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares El Jebel against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Colorado only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Colorado-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places El Jebel near the bottom of Colorado's cities
Among the 408 Colorado cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, El Jebel ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares El Jebel only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#118 of 379
69th percentile in Colorado
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 408
0th percentile in Colorado
Median Home Value
#43 of 388
89th percentile in Colorado
Poverty Rate
#277 of 408
32nd percentile in Colorado
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#122 of 408
70th percentile in Colorado
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Colorado only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
78th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How El Jebel's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$854,3004th percentilemore affordable than 4% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
El Jebel's home-value-to-income ratio: 8.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,160 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,111 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 8.5×, El Jebel sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,160 of 15,516 and #11,111 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$100,518El Jebel, CO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context El Jebel, CO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for El Jebel, CO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)79.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,935
Median Income
$100,518
Median Home Value
$854,300
Median Age
40.9
Poverty Rate
1.9%
Labor force participation
79.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
50.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
59.3%
Carpool
17.5%
Public Transit
12.6%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
9.7%
Other
0.9%
Based on 2,480 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Colorado statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $202
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Colorado at $202 (electricity about $90 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Colorado statewide averages, not a meter reading for El Jebel. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Colorado's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.1 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around El Jebel is $1,429/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Colorado statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 40.7 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Colorado statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county El Jebel sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How El Jebel compares to similar-size Colorado cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.