Pueblo, CO

Community Overview

Named one of America's Best Places to Live by the editors of Livability.com

Pleasing to the eye with its clean water and mountain views, Pueblo’s environmental efforts has made it a Preserve America community. The city boasts well-known attractions such as Pueblo Zoo and the Historic Arkansas Riverfront, but is perhaps best known for growing close to 10 million pounds of chile peppers each year. Pueblo’s 105,000 residents can be proud of their nationally ranked school system and affordable home prices, plus four native sons who are Medal of Honor recipients.

Population
County Population: 103, 937
City Population: 152, 912

Detailed Demographics Infomation

Climate
July High Temperature: 91 degrees F
January Low Temperature: 14 degrees F

The Pueblo County growing season is 180 days, but the county’s elevation range (4,400 to 12,000 feet) can influence what can be grown in different areas. Crops such as alfalfa, corn, melons, onions, peppers and tomatoes thrive throughout Pueblo County, but all require supplemental water.

Schools
Pueblo’s public schools prepare students for bright futures – in Pueblo and around the world – with innovative programs and state-of-the-art facilities, such as its international magnet school.

Education Statistics

Health Care
Southern Colorado is blessed with a pair of excellent not-for-profit hospitals: Parkview and St. Mary-Corwin medical centers. Both offer critical-care transport from surrounding areas. Both have first-rate emergency room services and facilities. And both are dedicated to providing the Pueblo region with excellence in medical care.

Neighborhoods
The city's housing costs continue to rank approximately 8 percent below the national average. Pueblo's construction costs have always been among the lowest in America, approximately 9 percent lower than the national average.

Average Home Prices and Rent Payments

Business Climate
Pueblo has a low cost of doing business – among the lowest in America – which is a key reason why more than 50 companies have located here in recent years. Pueblo serves as the southern boundary for the state's major business growth corridor, better known as the Front Range of the Rockies.

Workforce and Labor Statistcs

Culture
A veritable melting pot of Hispanic, English and Native American heritage -- “spicy” describes Pueblo’s cultural blend as much as it does the local cuisine. Where else can you attend a festival dedicated to a chile pepper?

Local Attractions

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