Conejos County, Colorado

County Distress Index: Elevated · 58.7 | 7,521 people · 10th most distressed in Colorado

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Conejos County, CO registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 58.7 — 921st nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Colorado, it ranks 10th of 64 counties. Its score is in the middle of its 6 neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Conejos County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 81.9 — worse than roughly 82% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 81.9
Poverty Rate 78
Income vs. State Median 95
Child Poverty Rate 72
Community Vulnerability 81.0
Uninsured Rate 83
Disability Rate 79
Employment & Wages 57.5
Unemployment Rate 41
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 72
Business Formation Rate 59
Debt & Delinquency 40.0
Debt in Collections 30
Medical Debt 7
Student Loan Delinquency 39
Auto Loan Delinquency 92
Credit Card Delinquency 47
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 26
Housing Cost Burden 33.1
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 26
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 23
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 10
Homeownership Rate 50
Rent-to-Income Ratio 58

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Conejos County compares to its 6 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Conejos County
Conejos County, CO 58.7 Elevated
Costilla County, CO 70.1 Serious +11.4
Alamosa County, CO 60.6 Elevated +1.9
Rio Grande County, CO 60.4 Elevated +1.7
Taos County, NM 56.8 Elevated -1.9
Rio Arriba County, NM 54.5 Elevated -4.1
Archuleta County, CO 44.0 Normal -14.7

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Conejos County
Cameron County, PA 58.6 Elevated -0.1
Collingsworth County, TX 58.9 Elevated +0.2
Grand County, UT 58.9 Elevated +0.2
Houston County, TN 58.4 Elevated -0.3
Saguache County, CO 58.4 Elevated -0.3

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