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Stepping Stone, Colorado.

A community in Douglas County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Douglas County’s.

Living in Stepping Stone, Douglas County, Colorado

Stepping Stone, in Douglas County, had 2,780 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $223,839 a year and half less, against $149,594 across Douglas County; 0% of its people live below the poverty line. 99% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 1% are rented. Unemployment in Douglas County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then finance and property.

People 2,780 in the 2020 census; median age 35.7
Household income $223,839 the median, give or take $46,744 · Douglas County: $149,594
Unemployment 4.2% Douglas County, August 2026; 3.6% a year before
Homes 99% lived in by their owners; 1% rented
  • 1,005households
  • 82%of adults have a degree
  • 0%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services21%
  • Banks, insurance and property21%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Douglas County had 149,592 jobs in 2025, 1.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 14°; warmest in July, 88° and 55° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 88° 55° A S O N D 47° 14°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 47° and 14°; warmest in July, 88° and 55° 20° 40° 60° 80° J F M A M J J 88° 55° A S O N D 47° 14°

Coldest in December, with highs near 47° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 55°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Parker weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Douglas County

  1. Douglas County School District No. Re 1School district7,955FTE
  2. Great Southwestern ConstructionTransmission and distribution line construction1,342
  3. Sierra NevadaSearch detection navigation guidance aeronautical and nautical system and instrument manufactur1,301
  4. SKY Ridge Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,123FTE
  5. Erickson LivingCcrc1,048
  6. Lockheed Martin Corporation US CO Highlands Ranch-Lucent Twrs (5535)Teleconferencing services976
  7. Uchealth Highlands Ranch HospitalGeneral hospital731FTE
  8. Strategic KidsTemporary staffing services673

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 208 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 32,745 people in all across the county; Stepping Stone has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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. LightningVery high
  2. HailRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. TornadoesRelatively high
  5. WildfireRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Stepping Stone’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Douglas County.