What salary do you need to live in Greeley, CO?

Rent, home values and prices in Greeley

Median gross rent, meaning contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities, runs $1,159, $1,473 and $1,803 a month for one, two and three bedrooms across Greeley, CO. The largest of those is 56% more than the smallest.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Greeley, CO at $471,700. With median household income at $97,097, a typical home costs 4.9× a typical income, close to the middle of the range across US metros.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis puts Greeley's Regional Price Parity at 100.2, essentially the US average of 100: a dollar of income here buys about what it would anywhere on average, rents and everyday goods included.

Income needed for each grade in Greeley

With a two-bedroom at the median rent, the score enters Tight at $57,000, Okay at $115,000 and Comfortable at $231,000 a year before tax. At the Comfortable line, a year of rent takes 8% of income and the median home is 2.0× income.

Royal, the top band, starts at $646,000. At that income rent is 3% of pay and the median home 0.7× income.

Nothing here is a separate rule of thumb; plug any of these incomes into the calculator with two bedrooms and Greeley shows the matching grade.

What different incomes look like in Greeley

At $75,000 home size barely changes the picture: one, two and three bedrooms all grade Tight, with scores from 30 to 37.

In Greeley the table's top salary of $150,000 stops at Okay (53) for two bedrooms; Comfortable starts higher, at $231,000.

How Greeley ranks among 387 metros

On price level Greeley is 87th of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 76th, and on median home value 41st. The two rankings agree, both falling in the most expensive quarter.

Next to Greeley on the national rent ranking: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA ($1,473) and Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA ($1,471).

Comparing Greeley with Colorado

Compared with Colorado as a whole, two-bedroom rent in Greeley is 17% lower ($1,473 vs. $1,782) and the median home is 13% lower ($471,700 vs. $539,400).

Run Colorado's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $292,000; Greeley's line is −21% from that.

If Greeley is on your list, Colorado Springs, CO, Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, and Grand Junction, CO are the most similar Colorado metros by two-bedroom rent and price level; the table shows where each turns Comfortable.

Greeley's median income on the scale

A household at the Greeley median income of $97,097 would see a two-bedroom score of 40 — Tight — with rent at 18% of income. That falls $133,903 short of the $231,000 Comfortable line, a reminder that the typical household here spends a larger share on housing than the Comfortable band allows. For Colorado as a whole, the median household income of $95,470 scores 33 against statewide rents. Keep in mind a household median often combines two incomes.

All figures are pre-tax estimates from public data, not financial advice.