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SheetCO-SEVERANCE-CO · Severance, CO 9,302 pop · income 89th 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 Severance
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Severance on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Delta · lowest
46,010
Delta · lowest
46,010 median HH income
26.4% of the leader · rank #1
Otsego · near
127,219
Otsego · near
127,219 median HH income
73.1% of the leader · rank #2
Dana Point · near
127,246
Dana Point · near
127,246 median HH income
73.1% of the leader · rank #3
Rosemount · near
127,247
Rosemount · near
127,247 median HH income
73.1% of the leader · rank #4
Severance · this city
127,257
Severance · this city
127,257 median HH income
73.1% of the leader · rank #5
Dennis · near
127,292
Dennis · near
127,292 median HH income
73.1% of the leader · rank #6
Woodmoor · highest
174,138
Woodmoor · highest
174,138 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Severance on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 9,302.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Severance - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Severance lands in the 89th percentile for household income and the 80th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
89th
percentile, household income
85th
percentile, home value
68th
percentile, median rent
80th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Severance, CO
9,302 people live in Severance, Colorado - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Severance households earn a median of $127,257 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.2%. Severance's housing stock carries a median value of $493,800, and the median resident age is 33.2 years. Educational attainment runs 49.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 74.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 81 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 80% from five years earlier. Severance reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 625.2 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,429 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Colorado's average monthly utility costs around $202 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 40.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Severance'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Severance, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Severance?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Colorado, the closest population matches are Delta (9,266 residents, $46,010 income); Roxborough Park (9,365 residents, $167,671 income); Stonegate (9,164 residents, $157,021 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sanger, TX (9,302 residents); Leonia, NJ (9,300 residents); Bohemia, NY (9,306 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Severance?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.8%. 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. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
How far does income reach against housing in Severance?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the education layer cover for Severance?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 49.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Severance growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,830 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +47.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 81 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
8,011
2025 estimate
11,841
Period change
+47.8%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Severance?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 625.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 73% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
625.2
Violent rate
116.7
Property rate
508.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Colorado average
B
City profile score · Severance, CO
70/100
5 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.
Household income A
$127,257
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
49.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B-
117 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
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.
Severance profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 89/100 (A) · $127,257
Poverty rate: 84/100 (A-) · 2.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 84/100 (A-) · 49.7%
Violent crime: 67/100 (B-) · 117 /100k
Cost of living: 26/100 (F) · 103.1 index
Where Severance sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Severance's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Severance highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Severance, CO (this city): home $493,800, crime 625/100k
Sanger, TX : home $284,500, crime 1,221/100k
Leonia, NJ : home $634,500, crime 515/100k
Quakertown, PA : home $253,200, crime 1,378/100k
Laurens, SC : home $139,800, crime 3,930/100k
Delta, CO : home $238,100, crime 3,424/100k
Craig, CO : home $252,900, crime 2,055/100k
Cortez, CO : home $226,700, crime 3,399/100k
How does Severance compare to other US cities?
Severance measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income89% higher than other cities
Home value85% pricier than other cities
Median rent68% pricier than other cities
Safety80% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Colorado and the picture shifts: Severance ranks #18 of 116 Colorado cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Severance 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 Severance near the bottom of Colorado's cities
Among the 408 Colorado cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Severance ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Severance only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#70 of 379
82nd percentile in Colorado
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 408
0th percentile in Colorado
Median Home Value
#141 of 388
64th percentile in Colorado
Poverty Rate
#267 of 408
34th percentile in Colorado
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#126 of 408
69th 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
89th percentile nationally for median household income · 80th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Severance's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Severance's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Severance's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$493,80015th percentilemore affordable than 15% 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
Severance's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,329 of 15,516
More affordable than 33% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,127 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.9×, Severance sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,329 of 15,516 and #8,127 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$127,257Severance, CO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Severance, 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 Severance, CO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)74.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,302
Median Income
$127,257
Median Home Value
$493,800
Median Age
33.2
Poverty Rate
2.2%
Labor force participation
74.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
49.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
625.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
116.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
508.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Severance's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,011 residents
2021
9,653 residents
2022
10,615 residents
2023
10,869 residents
2024
11,609 residents
2025
11,841 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
81
housing units authorized
Single-Family
81
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
8.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
413
413
0
$108.9M
2020
597
597
0
$149.6M
2021
428
428
0
$122.5M
2022
134
134
0
$43.3M
2023
251
251
0
$79.5M
2024
81
81
0
$31.3M
Permit volume decreased 80% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.8%
Carpool
8.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
21.6%
Other
0.9%
Based on 4,935 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 Severance. 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 Severance 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 Severance sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Severance 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.