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Colorado Facts & Stats

  1. As of 2025, a household in Adams County, Colorado, needs to earn approximately $76,518 annually to afford a two-bedroom apartment. The average fair market rent of this apartment is $2,140 in Adams County.

  2. According to the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative's Point in Time Survey (opens a 2013 PDF), 69% of those homeless in Adams County are families with children.

    Source: Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, Point in Time Survey 2013 data

  3. The top three reasons given for homelessness in Adams County are:

    1. Loss of employment
    2. Housing costs are too high
    3. Family or relationship breakup (divorce)

  4. To afford a $1,566/month rental, a single wage earner would need to be paid $30.12/hour to live comfortably & a minimum wage worker must work 100 hours per week to afford the same rental.

For more info, go to National Low Income Housing Coalition.