Colorado has the highest rural median home prices and the highest required income to purchase a rural home in the country, according to an analysis from the Seattle-based brokerage Redfin .

Already known for a lack of affordability, rural areas in Colorado have experienced the biggest run-up in home prices and the smallest gains in household incomes compared to urban and suburban areas.

Rural households in Colorado need to make 120.5% more income than they did before the pandemic to afford the median-priced rural home, according to Redfin. For urban areas like Denver, the increase was 84.1%, and for suburban counties 70%.

“Rural home prices are going up, especially in vacation areas with amenities like ski resorts, lakes and high-end restaurants,” said Daryl Fairweather, Redfin’s chie

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