Cimarron HillsCO
A town of 19,817.
Is Cimarron Hills a good place to live?
Cimarron Hills is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 129th of 158 graded towns in Colorado, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 63% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $368K for a typical one and 4.1 times the Colorado Springs metro’s $90K median household income. Cimarron Hills’ trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile, where Colorado’s towns sit at 1.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Only 16 of Colorado’s 218 towns score higher on hazard risk.
What makes Cimarron Hills stand out
Where Cimarron Hills beats most towns.
Cimarron Hills has grown 20% from 2010 to 2020
16,161 counted in 2010 and 19,311 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Cimarron Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Cimarron Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
North American Aerospace Defense Command and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cimarron Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi LandmarkNorth American Aerospace Defense Command
Big draw19 mi MountainPikes Peak
9 mi Park & preserveGarden of the Gods
12 mi Stadium & arenaFalcon Stadium
7 mi Stadium & arenaWeidner Field
13 mi MountainCheyenne MountainPhoto credits
North American Aerospace Defense Command: Unknown, Public domain · Pikes Peak: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Garden of the Gods: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Falcon Stadium: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weidner Field: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Cheyenne Mountain: Jimmy from Grand Junction, CO, CC BY-SA 2.0
Moving to Cimarron Hills: who provides what
Cimarron Hills is unincorporated, so El Paso 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cimarron Hills.
Cimarron Hills carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Colorado (mostly inland flooding), has a shorter frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Colorado and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Colorado.
Cimarron Hills has set aside 1.5% of its land for conservation
In the comparison, Cimarron Hills comes against 7% in Colorado’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. 9.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Feathergrass Park | 0.5 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Cimarron Hills fall behind 77% of Colorado districts
Its public schools are run by the El Paso County Colorado School District 49. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Springs Studio for Academic Excellence, with 442 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Classical AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 1,162 | B |
| Colorado Military AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 618 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
Cimarron Hills faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of Colorado towns, with expected losses of about $131 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Cimarron Hills’ FEMA risk score is 18 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Cimarron Hills since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More than half of Cimarron Hills’ working residents commute to Colorado Springs
Jobs based here grew from 4,055 in 2013 to 5,802.
Most working residents leave Cimarron Hills for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Cimarron Hills has added 1,747 jobs, to 5,802 in 2023. The top destinations are Colorado Springs (60%), Denver (6%) and Aurora (3%).
| Cimarron Hills | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 12% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cimarron Hills has four seasons and pleasant summers
The Colorado Springs Muni Ap weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 158 days: shorter than most of the country, but longer than 81% of Colorado places with climate records.
Cimarron Hills has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Cimarron Hills is 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cimarron Hills’ grade for health is a B
Within Colorado it is less healthy than 77% of the 159 graded towns: Colorado sets a high bar.
20% of Cimarron Hills adults report frequent mental distress. Cimarron Hills beats the Colorado average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 38% of Cimarron Hills adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Cimarron Hills | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 30% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 23% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| What stands out | Cimarron Hills | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.4% | 7.8% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 19.9% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Cimarron Hills
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Cimarron Hills
About 7 of every 100 Cimarron Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
96% of working residents leave Cimarron Hills for work
Where Cimarron Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cimarron Hills
Census-designated place in Colorado, US
Cimarron Hills is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Cimarron Hills is an enclave of the City of Colorado Springs. The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Cimarron Hills CDP was 19,311 at the United States Census 2020.
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- Area
- 6.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,447 ft
- Area code
- 719
Questions about Cimarron Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cimarron Hills, CO a good place to live?
Cimarron Hills grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #129 of 158 in Colorado. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Cimarron Hills, CO expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.