Echo HillsCO
This town in Colorado has a population of 180.
Is Echo Hills a good place to live?
100% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Echo Hills, where Colorado’s towns sit at 44% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only one of the 160 Colorado towns we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Echo Hills. Echo Hills’ trail density is 2.2 miles per square mile, above both Colorado’s towns (1.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). Echo Hills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
180 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Echo Hills.
The FEMA risk score in Echo Hills is higher than in most of Colorado or the rest of the country
Expected losses in Echo Hills break down as 70% from avalanches and 19% from wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Echo Hills has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Half commute less than 23 miles. Since 2013, Echo Hills has added 32 jobs, to 37 in 2023. Among residents here, 6.1% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Denver (20%), Lakewood (11%) and Evergreen (8%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Echo Hills’ year
Expect July afternoons of 79° and January nights of 18°, with about 141 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Echo Hills stands out in Colorado and nationally: a smaller share of its adults report frequent mental distress
In Echo Hills, 21% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Only 7 of the 160 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Echo Hills. This Colorado town does better than the Colorado average on 11 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 3.
| Echo Hills | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.2% | 11% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Echo Hills | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 11.1% |
| Fewer smokers | 7.2% | 10.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.3% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Echo Hills
Red Rocks Amphitheatre and 66 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Echo Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
22 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
23 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
14 mi MountainMount Blue Sky
35 mi National ParkRocky Mountain National Park4.2M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Blue Sky: Lookinhere, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rocky Mountain National Park: Charles M. Sauer -- Charlessauer, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Echo Hills: who provides what
Echo Hills is unincorporated, so Clear Creek 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 Echo Hills for work
Where Echo Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Echo Hills
About 0 of every 100 Echo Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
Questions about Echo Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Echo Hills, CO a good place to live?
Echo Hills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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