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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 73.46
The average living wage for the state of Colorado is $34.94/hr, while the states minimum wage is $12.32/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Colorado a minimum wage score of 69.67 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $9.3/hr, which gives Colorado a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 68.4 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Colorado is $295.68, resulting in a UI benefit score of 80.13 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43

✓ Colorado does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Colorado does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Colorado does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Colorado does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
✓ Colorado does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
✓ Colorado does provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ Colorado does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Colorado does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Colorado does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Colorado does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Colorado does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Colorado does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Colorado does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Colorado does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 70

✓ Colorado does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Colorado does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Colorado does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Colorado does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Colorado does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Colorado does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

El Paso County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 20.15% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 53.54%
Democratic: 42.75%
Libertarian: 2.45%
Other: 0.97%
Green: 0.3%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 80133
Latitude : 39.114202
Longitude : -104.898482
TimeZone : Mountain (GMT -07:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 7146 ft.
Area Code(s) : 719

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.51
Male Population Estimate : 50.05%
Female Population Estimate : 49.95%
Median Age : 40.1
Male Median Age : 39.1
Female Median Age : 41.1

White Population Estimate : 95.45%
Black Population Estimate : 1.08%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 7.64%
Asian Population Estimate : 1.27%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.34%
Indian Population Estimate : 2.35%
Other Population Estimate : 3.82%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Palmer Lake specifically.
Average # of Homicides for El Paso County: About 6 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for El Paso County: About 400 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
El Paso County is about 33% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 28% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.