- Between 1987 and 2001, almost 52% of the net growth in the surrounding El Paso County has come from increases in births over deaths.
- Between 1970 and 2000, the number of households in the county experienced an almost threefold increase — from 67,581 to 192,409.
- The average number of people in each household dropped from 3.2 to 2.6. That demographic shift increased housing demand by 30% over that period.
- Between 1990 and 2001, a time of rapid growth, new development in El Paso County consumed 21.8 square miles, or only about 1% of the entire area in the county.
- The 4,925 single-family and 2,186 multifamily homes built in the county in 2001 had a market value of $1.3 billion and generated $665.8 million in wages and salaries, $147.8 million in business income and 17,490 jobs.
- Seven out of every 100 families in the Colorado Springs area owe their livelihoods directly, or indirectly, to new home building.
- Local government fees, developer and builder contributions to public infrastructure and taxes collected on building materials and the lot for a typical $220,000 house total $30,440. According to David Bamberger and Associates, that amount is 14% of the cost of building and selling the home and is more than a third higher than the net profit the developer and builder receive on the home and the lot.
- New home owners pay much more in annual taxes for city services, such as police and fire protection, than the average household in Colorado Springs.
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