Bailey is a medium-sized town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 10,180 people and three associated neighborhoods, Bailey is the 55th largest community in Colorado. Housing costs in Bailey are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.Bailey is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bailey is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bailey who work in management occupations (16.07%), business and financial occupations (11.80%), and sales jobs (10.02%). Also of interest is that Bailey has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.24% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Bailey is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Bailey a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Bailey has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Bailey’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bailey has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bailey has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bailey than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bailey may be for you. One downside of living in Bailey, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.37 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Bailey citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.85% of adults in Bailey have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bailey in 2022 was $56,117, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,468 for a family of four. Bailey is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bailey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bailey residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bailey include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Bailey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
