While Denver officials boasted a decrease in homelessness over the past few years, Jefferson County has seen the highest increase in the metro area.
Jeffco saw a 27% increase in homelessness from 2024 to 2025 — the largest increase within the metro, according to Kerry Wrenick, regional homeless coordinator for the county.
Those numbers are based upon a collection of data from the county’s annual Point-In-Time Count (PIT), the Homeless Management Information System, McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act school district data and more…