Weld County: The Last Place in Colorado Where the Future Still Has a Pulse

In Weld County, you can Grow Your Dream. And while you’re at it, grow some babies, too.

If you’ve looked around Colorado lately and thought, “Why does it feel like a retirement community with more kombucha than kids?”—you’re not alone. While the rest of this once-great state is aging like week-old guacamole, Weld County is out here throwing baby showers like it’s going out of style.

The Colorado Politics article, “A Graying Colorado”, recently confirmed what we all feel when we drive through Denver or Boulder: the only thing multiplying faster than homeless camps and regulations are the wrinkles. As they put it, “Colorado is facing a rapidly aging population.” (Translation: More folks signing up for Medicare than preschools.)

Why is this happening? Let me translate the academic mumbo-jumbo and give you my reasonable speculation:

1. Young families can’t afford to live here anymore.
   Polis and his merry band of progressive policy wizards have spent six years turning Colorado into a playground for out-of-state tech bros and trust fund environmentalists. Affordable starter homes? Forget it. Maybe your newborn can inherit a studio apartment in Boulder when they turn 50.
2. Seniors can’t afford to leave.
   Between soaring property taxes, endless fees, and retirement accounts that vanish faster than common sense at the State Capitol, older Coloradans are stuck. They’re stuck in their tract-home-hell. suburban McMansions – they literally can’t afford to downsize – and that keeps young families blocked out of housing stock that they could grow in to.
3. The state is so expensive, even the babies are on strike.
   The statewide fertility rate? Ranked 44th in the U.S. That’s not a typo. Apparently, romance dies when the mortgage payment looks like a national defense budget.

Meanwhile – In Weld County, We’re Still Making Babies and Building Futures!

According to the Common Sense Institute, Weld County is the unicorn in this demographic wasteland:

• We’re the ONLY county along the Front Range where birth rates keep going up. Since 2021, Weld has flipped the middle finger to the statewide baby bust. In 2024 alone, almost HALF of our population growth came from good old-fashioned family growth—4,815 new babies to be exact​.
• Our people are younger and they’re staying. Over a quarter of our population is under 18. Compare that to Denver and Boulder, where the only thing under 18 is the temperature half the year​.
• We’ve got jobs. Real jobs. Agriculture, energy, manufacturing, business services—you name it. Not everyone wants to code apps that deliver organic dog food. Weld County’s economy is rooted in industries that actually make stuff and pay well​.
• We’re debt-free and we don’t tax you to death. Weld County doesn’t carry debt and we don’t slap you with a county-wide sales tax. Imagine that—a government living within its means. Polis might want to take notes (but he won’t).
• Affordable housing still exists here. Compared to Denver and Boulder, Weld homes are practically a Black Friday deal every day​.

The Future is in Weld County. And it’s Fertile.

Let’s be honest. You can’t have a thriving future without kids. Businesses need workers. Schools need students. Communities need young families who will stick around long enough to barbecue at the Fourth of July picnic and eventually chair the school board.

Weld County’s population has exploded 48.6% since 2010. Our median household income has risen 19.4%. We’re not just growing—we’re thriving​.

Oh, and let’s not forget Greeley’s Cascadia project—a billion-dollar entertainment and housing development that’ll make Greeley the envy of Northern Colorado. Hockey arena, water park, thousands of homes. Basically, Disneyland for families who work hard and play harder​.

Grow Your Dream. And Bring the Whole Family.

While the rest of Colorado debates how to squeeze more taxes out of an aging population, Weld County is rolling out the welcome mat. My commitment to you is simple:

• Keep Weld affordable.
• Keep Weld job-rich.
• Keep Weld family-friendly.

This is where you can plant roots. Buy a home. Start a business. And yes—have babies. Lots and lots of babies. Because in Weld County, we still believe in building families, not just building more government.

So if you’re tired of watching the state turn into a geriatric utopia with avocado toast inflation, come to Weld County.

Grow your dream. Grow your family. Grow your future.

And hey, bring your neighbors while you’re at it. We’ve got room and they are welcome here.