Trail SideCO
This town in Colorado has a population of 27.
Is Trail Side a good place to live?
100% of households are owner-occupiers in Trail Side, above both the Colorado town median (71%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Trail Side has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
27 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Trail Side.
About half of Trail Side’s working residents commute to Fort Morgan
The top destinations are Fort Morgan (47%), Denver (6%) and Colorado Springs (5%). Jobs in Trail Side fell by 36 from 2014 to 2024, to 6.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Trail Side: four seasons and hot summers
The midsummer high here in Trail Side is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults report frequent mental distress in Trail Side than in most of Colorado or the rest of the country
Trail Side: 32% of adults have obesity. Only 6 of the 160 Colorado towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Trail Side. Among adults locally, 69% had a checkup this year and 16% report frequent physical distress.
| Trail Side | Typical Colorado town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 71% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 10% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Trail Side | CO |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.8% | 9.2% |
| More smokers | 16.8% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 5.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Trail Side, with inland flooding at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Trail Side, 39% come from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Trail Side
Moving to Trail Side: who provides what
Trail Side is unincorporated, so Morgan County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Trail Side for work
Where Trail Side’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Trail Side
About 0 of every 100 Trail Side residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
About Trail Side
Census-designated place in Morgan County, CO, USA
Trail Side is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Morgan County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Fort Morgan, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Trail Side CDP was 157 at the United States Census 2020. The Fort Morgan post office (Zip Code 80701) serves the area.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
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