Park CenterCO
A town of 2,588.
Is Park Center a good place to live?
Park Center is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, ranked 120th of 158 in Colorado, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 57% of the state's. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $386K, 6.2 years of the Cañon City area’s $63K median household income. Park Center’s concentration of trails is 1.5 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Colorado’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 16 of Colorado’s 218 towns do worse.
99% of working residents leave Park Center for work
Where Park Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Park Center grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Park Center is from typical.
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Moving to Park Center: who provides what
Park Center is unincorporated, so Fremont County and regional agencies provide most services.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Park Center.
Park Center sends most of its workers to Cañon City and beyond and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Colorado.
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About one in three of Park Center’s working residents commute to Cañon City
Park Center has 186 jobs for its 1,093 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The share of residents in Park Center who live below the poverty line: 12%. Commuting out is the norm locally: 1% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: for Park Center, the average commute is 30 minutes. The middle household income for Park Center comes to $72,000, below Colorado’s towns ($95,000) and close to U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Park Center | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Park Center has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Park Center, 68% come from inland flooding and 13% from lightning. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 5 claims in the town since 1996.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Park Center is healthier than 57% of U.S. towns
Within Colorado it is less healthy than 85% of the 159 graded towns: Colorado sets a high bar.
In Park Center, 16% of adults binge drink. The town does better than the Colorado average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 14.
| Park Center | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 71% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 26% | 35% |
| What stands out | Park Center | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.6% | 19% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 76.4% | 69.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 5.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Park Center sells for about $540K
For households in Park Center, the share who live in a home they own is 84%. In Park Center, the typical rent is $1,159 a month.
| Park Center | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,159 a month | $1,812 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Park Center
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Park Center; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Park Center residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
About Park Center
Cesnsus-designated place in Fremont County, CO, USA
Park Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in and governed by Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Cañon City, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Park Center CDP was 2,953 at the United States Census 2020. The Cañon City post office (Zip Code 81212) serves the area.
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- Elevation
- 5,561 ft
Park Center’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Park Center.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Center | #120 | C+ | C | — | B | B |
| Cañon City | #140 | C− | C+ | D | B | B |
Park Center reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Park Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Park Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Park Center, CO a good place to live?
Park Center grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #120 of 158 in Colorado. It grades B for health and B for schools.
Is Park Center, CO expensive?
The typical home is worth about $386,000, 27% 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.