These Are The 10 Laziest Places In Colorado

Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.

And if you live in one of these Colorado towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.

We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.

So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Colorado that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.

After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Colorado” based on data:

Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.

Oh, and by the way, Erie is the hardest-working place in CO.

How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Centennial State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Colorado:

Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.

After we got the data for the 79 places in Colorado over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 79 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Colorado”. And, at the end of the day, La Junta slacked off its way to the top.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. La Junta

Population: 7,040College Educated: 14.3%
Unemployment Rate: 12.4%

2. Lamar

Population: 7,810College Educated: 12.4%
Unemployment Rate: 11.1%

3. Alamosa

Population: 9,427College Educated: 26.6%
Unemployment Rate: 12.0%

4. Pueblo

Population: 107,706College Educated: 19.4%
Unemployment Rate: 12.5%

5. Montrose

Population: 19,018College Educated: 27.3%
Unemployment Rate: 12.0%

6. Cortez

Population: 8,515College Educated: 23.1%
Unemployment Rate: 11.7%

7. Caĺon City

Population: 16,410College Educated: 19.1%
Unemployment Rate: 8.0%

8. Delta

Population: 16,410College Educated: 19.1%
Unemployment Rate: 8.0%

9. Trinidad

Population: 16,410College Educated: 19.1%
Unemployment Rate: 8.0%

10. Sterling

Population: 16,410College Educated: 19.1%
Unemployment Rate: 8.0%

Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom

Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Colorado is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.

Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Colorado

City	Rank	Population	College Educated	Unemployment Rate
La Junta	1	7,040	14.3%	12.4%
Lamar	2	7,810	12.4%	11.1%
Alamosa	3	9,427	26.6%	12.0%
Pueblo	4	107,706	19.4%	12.5%
Montrose	5	19,018	27.3%	12.0%
Cortez	6	8,515	23.1%	11.7%
Delta	11	8,801	18.7%	11.8%
Trinidad	12	8,657	18.5%	9.2%
Sterling	13	14,709	14.7%	15.9%
Brush	14	5,493	16.1%	8.5%
Grand Junction	15	59,731	29.5%	9.4%
Salida	16	5,329	33.1%	6.9%
Fort Morgan	17	11,397	11.9%	6.5%
Edgewater	18	5,217	21.8%	12.7%
Sheridan	19	5,819	11.6%	14.2%
Greeley	20	95,677	25.6%	9.9%
Colorado Springs	21	433,547	36.3%	9.7%
Craig	22	9,092	15.2%	5.9%
Wheat Ridge	23	30,655	33.9%	8.5%
Gunnison	24	5,927	39.8%	11.9%
Evans	25	19,535	16.0%	7.2%
Federal Heights	26	11,835	9.7%	9.0%
Fountain	27	26,881	22.6%	9.2%
Englewood	28	31,298	33.2%	8.9%
Estes Park	29	6,022	44.7%	4.4%
Fruita	30	12,702	26.4%	7.1%
Loveland	31	70,093	34.0%	7.5%
Berthoud	32	5,323	31.2%	9.7%
Northglenn	33	37,075	18.1%	9.7%
Lakewood	34	145,880	36.0%	8.1%
Longmont	35	88,547	37.1%	8.2%
Denver	36	633,777	43.7%	7.8%
Manitou Springs	37	5,175	46.8%	5.6%
Fort Collins	38	149,627	51.6%	7.9%
Rifle	39	9,397	16.6%	9.8%
Woodland Park	40	7,187	36.5%	11.5%
Aurora	41	339,480	27.1%	10.1%
Steamboat Springs	42	12,044	53.4%	6.8%
Boulder	43	102,002	71.5%	7.4%
Aspen	44	6,700	62.6%	6.8%
Littleton	45	43,710	44.6%	6.8%
Brighton	46	35,004	18.5%	7.6%
Golden	47	19,759	53.5%	6.0%
Fort Lupton	48	7,595	10.5%	5.9%
Durango	49	17,268	52.3%	5.3%
Arvada	50	109,800	36.4%	7.1%
Glenwood Springs	51	9,668	34.0%	5.1%
Westminster	52	109,296	34.6%	8.5%
Carbondale	53	6,464	42.7%	10.4%
Lafayette	54	25,812	55.6%	7.6%
Lochbuie	55	5,127	10.9%	4.2%
Vail	56	5,280	55.6%	6.4%
Commerce City	57	48,792	20.6%	7.3%
Monument	58	6,226	52.6%	5.6%
Louisville	59	19,171	70.5%	4.7%
Thornton	60	124,707	26.6%	7.5%
Greenwood Village	61	14,546	73.8%	3.6%
Broomfield	62	59,027	49.5%	6.0%
Windsor	63	19,865	44.6%	4.4%
Cherry Hills Village	64	6,234	77.5%	3.7%
Avon	65	6,384	43.8%	4.0%
Centennial	66	104,213	54.0%	6.0%
Frederick	67	9,636	34.0%	6.4%
Gypsum	68	6,587	35.0%	5.1%
Lone Tree	69	12,328	65.2%	4.8%
Castle Pines	70	10,626	66.0%	4.9%
Castle Rock	71	51,802	46.6%	5.8%
Milliken	72	5,837	17.2%	4.0%
John	73	11,639	27.5%	5.3%
Firestone	74	10,908	35.6%	5.9%
Wellington	75	6,634	27.7%	2.1%
Eagle	76	6,511	49.9%	3.9%
Superior	77	12,716	78.0%	4.1%
Parker	78	47,515	51.6%	5.0%
Erie	79	19,305	57.2%	3.8%

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Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.