Sedgwick County, Colorado

County Distress Index: Elevated · 57.6 | 2,299 people · 15th most distressed in Colorado

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Sedgwick County, CO registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 57.6 — 1025th 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 15th of 64 counties. It scores higher than all 5 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Sedgwick County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 75.6 — worse than roughly 76% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 75.6
Poverty Rate 59
Income vs. State Median 95
Child Poverty Rate 72
Housing Cost Burden 65.3
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 93
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 60
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 30
Homeownership Rate 61
Rent-to-Income Ratio 82
Community Vulnerability 58.9
Uninsured Rate 52
Disability Rate 66
Debt & Delinquency 47.8
Debt in Collections 56
Medical Debt 7
Student Loan Delinquency 39
Auto Loan Delinquency 22
Credit Card Delinquency 95
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 68
Employment & Wages 40.4
Unemployment Rate 23
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 61
Business Formation Rate 38

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

Neighbors and Peers

How Sedgwick County compares to its 5 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Sedgwick County
Sedgwick County, CO 57.6 Elevated
Logan County, CO 50.9 Elevated -6.8
Deuel County, NE 46.4 Normal -11.2
Cheyenne County, NE 45.0 Normal -12.6
Phillips County, CO 34.1 Healthy -23.5
Perkins County, NE 28.0 Healthy -29.6

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Sedgwick County
Rosebud County, MT 57.6 Elevated -0.0
Ellis County, OK 57.6 Elevated -0.0
Grant County, OR 57.6 Elevated +0.0
Knox County, TX 57.6 Elevated -0.0
Choctaw County, MS 57.5 Elevated -0.1

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