Colorado CityCO
A town of 1,615.
Is Colorado City a good place to live?
Colorado City’s best subject grade is an A− for walkability; its weakest is a C for cost of living. Colorado City’s concentration of trails is 2.4 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Colorado State’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. On history, just 9 of Colorado State’s 218 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Greenhorn Meadows Park, at 108 acres. Colorado City has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Colorado City stand out
Where Colorado City beats most towns.
86% of working residents leave Colorado City for work
Where Colorado City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Colorado City grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado State), ordered by how far Colorado City is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Colorado City: who provides what
Colorado City is unincorporated, so Pueblo 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 Colorado City.
Colorado City’s schools rank ahead of 73% of Colorado State districts
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Pueblo County School District 70. Enrollment at Colorado City’s public school: 158 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craver Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 158 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
The typical home in Colorado City is valued at about $326K
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home lost 1.2% of its value. Colorado City’s rent at the middle of the market stands at $1,270 a month. 76% of households are owner-occupiers in the town.
| Colorado City | Colorado State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,270 a month | $1,808 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 71% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With only 0.6 jobs per working resident, most people in Colorado City work out of town
Employers in Colorado City added 55 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 365. Its average trip to work is 33 minutes, where Colorado State’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. For working residents in the town, the share who work locally is 14%. Half commute less than 29 miles.
| Colorado City | Colorado State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 7.7% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.1% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Colorado City
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 19° and about 92 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Colorado City are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
In Colorado City, 15% of adults report frequent physical distress. Of 26 CDC measures, Colorado City beats the Colorado State average on 5 and trails it on 12. Among 160 Colorado State towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Colorado City.
| Colorado City | Colorado State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 27% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 71% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Colorado City | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9% | 11.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.5% | 19% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.3% | 5.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Colorado City has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA puts 44% of Colorado City’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 24% to wildfires. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Colorado City has set aside 2.8% of its land for conservation
36 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greenhorn Meadows Park | — | 108 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Colorado City
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Colorado City; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Colorado City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado State.
Questions about Colorado City
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Colorado City, CO expensive?
Yes. That is 5.1 years of the area's median household income ($64,010 across the Pueblo, CO metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.