Cimarron HillsCO
19,817 people live in this town in Colorado.
Is Cimarron Hills a good place to live?
The weak point is schools — its schools rank behind 77% of the state's. Overall, Cimarron Hills earns a C: better than 28% of U.S. towns, and 129th of 158 in Colorado. Its strongest is hazard risk (A−). Homes run about $368K for a typical one, 4.1 times the Colorado Springs metro’s $90K median household income. It also does well on walkability (B+): it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than nearly two thirds of U.S. towns. Cimarron Hills’ concentration of trails is 1.7 miles per square mile, where Colorado’s towns sit at 1.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. 7.4% of residents are 65 or older here, below both Colorado’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (18%). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for health and B− for incomes.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · OpenStreetMap.
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.
Open space protected for good: 1.5% of Cimarron Hills
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 9.9 miles. One park or preserve covers 6 acres in Cimarron Hills.
| Cimarron Hills | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.7 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Feathergrass Park | 0.5 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cimarron Hills’ grade for schools is a C−
Public schools: the El Paso County Colorado School District 49. The largest public high school is Springs Studio for Academic Excellence, with 442 students. Below: Two of its 10 schools, each with why it was picked.
| 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.
For Cimarron Hills, the FEMA hazard score is 18 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid here since 2023. FEMA puts 46% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to tornadoes.
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.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 8 miles. Since 2013, Cimarron Hills has added 1,747 jobs, to 5,802 in 2023. Most people who work leave Cimarron Hills to do it: just 4% work in town. 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: 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.
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 18°, with about 33 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cimarron Hills ranks healthier than 63% of the country’s towns
Within Colorado it is less healthy than 77% of the 159 graded towns: Colorado sets a high bar.
Among adults in Cimarron Hills, 31% have obesity. CDC measures, 26 in all: Cimarron Hills beats Colorado on 1 and trails on 12. Only 3 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Cimarron Hills. Two figures for adults here: 38% sleep under 7 hours, 27% have been diagnosed with depression.
| 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
Homes in Cimarron Hills sell for about $400K
Cimarron Hills’ median rent comes in at $1,664 a month. Homes sold in Cimarron Hills spent a median 49 days on the market. In Cimarron Hills, 68% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Cimarron Hills | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,664 a month | $1,812 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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?
The typical home is worth about $368,000, 30% below the Colorado typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.