CO area data
Amherst, CO
Amherst, CO.
Population: 257 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 675.7 (-1.4% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 103.1 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.9¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.20/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- drought, hail
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 18.2 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail (53 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Holyoke Airport (5 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Sidney Municipal Airport Lloyd W Carr Field (SNY) (47 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 8
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (4.7 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,938
- Median annual property tax
- $1,411
- Households with broadband internet
- 67.1%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 1,084
- Average weekly wage
- $940
- Top industries (by employment)
- Agriculture, Wholesale Trade, Professional Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 3
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