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

Pueblo housing costs at a glance

A one-bedroom in Pueblo rents for a median of $827 a month, utilities the tenant pays included; a two-bedroom goes for $1,127 and a three-bedroom for $1,337. Over a full year, the two-bedroom median comes to $13,524.

The median value of owner-occupied homes in the metro is $291,300. That works out to 4.6× the local median household income of $64,010, a mid-range ratio.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 91.8 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Pueblo has the buying power of roughly $108,978 at national average prices.

Pueblo: the pre-tax income for each grade

For two bedrooms, $132,000 is where Pueblo turns Comfortable. Below that, $66,000 marks the start of Okay and $33,000 the start of Tight; under $33,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 10% of gross pay.

Reaching Royal takes $345,000 — 2.6× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Pueblo.

Pueblo at four common salaries

Choosing a bigger place in Pueblo at $75,000 trims the score from 54 to 46 without leaving Okay.

Of the four salaries, $150,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $100,000 still lands at Okay.

Pueblo on the national list

On price level Pueblo is 251st of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 187th, and on median home value 160th. The two rankings agree, both falling in the middle half.

Its nearest neighbors on the rent list are Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ($1,127) and Bangor, ME ($1,126).

Pueblo in a Colorado context

How Pueblo stacks up against its state: $1,127 for a two-bedroom against Colorado's $1,782, $291,300 for the median home against $539,400, and a price level of 91.8 against 103.1.

The Colorado figure for the Comfortable line, using state medians, is $292,000 against $132,000 for Pueblo.

The nearest matches in Colorado, judged on rent and price parity together, are Grand Junction, CO, Greeley, CO, and Colorado Springs, CO.

Does the typical Pueblo income clear the bar?

The median household in the metro earns $64,010 (ACS 2020-2024). Run through the calculator with two bedrooms, that scores 44, Tight. That falls $67,990 short of the $132,000 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. Since a household can have two or more earners, compare it with a combined income rather than one paycheck.

Estimates use pre-tax income and public data; they are not financial advice.