States · Colorado · Elbert County

Matheson, Colorado.

. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro.

What it costs per month · Matheson $2,777/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,308 (+89%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Colorado $2,777 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Colorado$2,777
  • United States$1,922

Living in Matheson, Elbert County, Colorado

Matheson, in Elbert County, had 79 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Elbert County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 5.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Elbert County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 79 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Matheson for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.0% Elbert County, August 2026; 3.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Matheson for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Matheson is a small community in Elbert County on Colorado's eastern plains, where neighbors often know one another. Winters are cold and summers are hot, with the warmest days in July.

Work. Residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, professional and business services, building trades, and retail shops. Across Elbert County, jobs grew over the past year, while unemployment is somewhat higher than it was a year earlier.

Things to do. Nearby, the Calhan Paint Mines Archeological District, an archaeological site, and World's Wonder View Tower, a museum, are worth a visit, and each is a longer drive away.

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What people in Elbert County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Building trades13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Other services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Elbert County had 5,138 jobs in 2025, 5.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 42° and 15°; warmest in July, 86° and 56° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 86° 56° A S O N D 42° 15°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 42° and 15°; warmest in July, 86° and 56° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 86° 56° A S O N D 42° 15°

Coldest in December, with highs near 42° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 56°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Matheson Southeast weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Elbert County

  1. Elizabeth School DistrictSchool district362FTE
  2. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters194
  3. SafewaySupermarkets and other grocery stores90
  4. Big Sandy School District No. 100JSchool district62FTE
  5. Twin Rivers DeliveryCourier services57
  6. School District No. C-2 in the county of Elbert and State ofSchool district53FTE
  7. ViaflexTank lining contractors52
  8. Elbert School District No. 200School district50FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 529 people in all across the county; Matheson has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HailVery high
  2. WildfireRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. DroughtRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Matheson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Elbert County and the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO metro.

Matheson home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Matheson address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Matheson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.