?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Colorado

Best cities to put your HQ in Colorado

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Denver, CO719k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 56.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,602/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  2. 2.Colorado Springs, CO488k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 42.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,363/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  3. 3.Fort Collins, CO170k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 60.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,460/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  4. 4.Pueblo, CO112k residents

    57/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,119/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  5. 5.Windsor, CO38k residents

    57/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 55.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,338/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  6. 6.Centennial, CO108k residents

    56/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 62.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,618/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  7. 7.Highlands Ranch, CO102k residents

    56/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 67.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,618/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  8. 8.Longmont, CO99k residents

    56/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 47% · avg. weekly wage: $1,338/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  9. 9.Fountain, CO29k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 34.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,363/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

  10. 10.Westminster, CO115k residents

    54/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 44.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,451/wk · corporate income tax: 4.4%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to put your HQ in Colorado?
Denver, CO ranks first with a fit score of 63/100, followed by Colorado Springs (59) and Fort Collins (58), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.