Cost of living in Rifle, Colorado
Rifle, Colorado has about 10,570 people. Typical rent is $1,308 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $80,000 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #33 in Colorado on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,308 a month.
Rifle is a city in Colorado. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $80,000 a year.
- People
- 10,570
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,308
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $80,000
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $413,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,781
- Garfield County, CO
Rifle, Colorado has about 10,570 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $413,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Garfield County is $1,781 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Rifle. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
Colorado's prices sit at 103.1 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
Colorado taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.9% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Rifle's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical Colorado home paid 17.00¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Rifle's bill.
In 2025, all-grades gas in Colorado averaged $3.01 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.
Among 201 places we list in Colorado with a rent figure, 137 have higher typical rent than Rifle.
Nearby places
- Silt
Typical rent $1,859
Compare with Rifle - New Castle
Typical rent $1,393
Compare with Rifle - Battlement Mesa
Typical rent $1,106
Compare with Rifle - Parachute
Typical rent $1,073
Compare with Rifle - Glenwood Springs
Typical rent $1,867
Compare with Rifle - Carbondale
Typical rent $2,167
Compare with Rifle - Meeker
Typical rent $981
Compare with Rifle - El Jebel
Typical rent $3,216
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Colorado
Bigger places in Colorado
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.