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Colorado rankings · Civic life

Towns with the most civic life in Colorado

Vail ranks first on civic life among Colorado’s 104 towns of 2,500+; 27 of the 104 grade A− or better on civic life nationally.

The Civic life grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): library visits per resident (IMLS), community nonprofits (IRS) and volunteering groups. How grades work

#2

Gunnison

Gunnison County · 6,836 people
A+

Civic life grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall B− · #93 of 158 in CO

#3

Salida

Chaffee County · 5,985 people
A+

Civic life grade, better than 97% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #40 of 158 in CO

All 104 towns

Civic life grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank; the overall grade and state rank are beside each.

104 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.

#TownGradeOverall
1VailEagle County · 4,407 peopleA+among the top in the U.S.·Overall C · #123 of 158
2GunnisonGunnison County · 6,836 peopleA+among the top in the U.S.·Overall B− · #93 of 158
3SalidaChaffee County · 5,985 peopleA+better than 97% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #40 of 158
4Manitou SpringsEl Paso County · 4,577 peopleA+better than 97% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #86 of 158
5BoulderBoulder County · 105,689 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #73 of 158
6CarbondaleGarfield County · 6,762 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #81 of 158
7BrushMorgan County · 5,337 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #72 of 158
8Woodland ParkTeller County · 8,014 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #98 of 158
9Palmer LakeEl Paso County · 2,591 peopleAbetter than 91% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #41 of 158
10EagleEagle County · 7,280 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #57 of 158
11LouisvilleBoulder County · 20,581 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #24 of 158
12FlorenceFremont County · 3,856 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #133 of 158
13BasaltEagle County · 4,009 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #104 of 158
14Fort MorganMorgan County · 11,841 peopleAbetter than 88% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #147 of 158
15BurlingtonKit Carson County · 3,164 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #116 of 158
16AspenPitkin County · 6,489 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #101 of 158
17DurangoLa Plata County · 19,733 peopleAbetter than 86% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #61 of 158
18PalisadeMesa County · 2,599 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #67 of 158
19Buena VistaChaffee County · 3,248 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #92 of 158
20BerthoudLarimer County · 14,080 peopleA−better than 82% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #28 of 158
21GoldenJefferson County · 20,390 peopleA−better than 81% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #74 of 158
22LafayetteBoulder County · 30,116 peopleA−better than 79% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #51 of 158
23Snowmass VillagePitkin County · 2,965 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #46 of 158
24FriscoSummit County · 2,792 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #23 of 158
25CortezMontezuma County · 9,126 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #150 of 158
26Estes ParkLarimer County · 5,780 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #69 of 158
27WalsenburgHuerfano County · 3,039 peopleA−better than 75% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #157 of 158
28La JuntaOtero County · 6,864 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #153 of 158
29AlamosaAlamosa County · 9,849 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #148 of 158
30EatonWeld County · 5,848 peopleB+better than 73% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #30 of 158
31CraigMoffat County · 8,874 peopleB+better than 73% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #96 of 158
32SterlingLogan County · 13,054 peopleB+better than 71% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #154 of 158
33YumaYuma County · 3,424 peopleB+better than 69% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #132 of 158
34MontroseMontrose County · 21,583 peopleB+better than 69% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #127 of 158
35MonumentEl Paso County · 13,813 peopleB+better than 67% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #63 of 158
36TrinidadLas Animas County · 8,091 peopleB+better than 67% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #155 of 158
37Grand JunctionMesa County · 71,827 peopleB+better than 66% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #118 of 158
38DeltaDelta County · 9,802 peopleB+better than 66% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #149 of 158
39LittletonArapahoe County · 46,246 peopleB+better than 66% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #54 of 158
40LeadvilleLake County · 2,668 peopleB+better than 65% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #50 of 158
41ElizabethElbert County · 2,957 peopleB+better than 65% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #13 of 158
42BreckenridgeSummit County · 5,015 peopleBbetter than 65% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #90 of 158
43Monte VistaRio Grande County · 4,005 peopleBbetter than 65% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #152 of 158
44SilverthorneSummit County · 5,418 peopleBbetter than 62% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #108 of 158
45Steamboat SpringsRoutt County · 13,557 peopleBbetter than 60% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #58 of 158
46Fort CollinsLarimer County · 171,500 peopleBbetter than 59% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #59 of 158
47AvonEagle County · 6,184 peopleBbetter than 58% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #110 of 158
48DenverDenver County · 740,613 peopleBbetter than 56% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #119 of 158
49AultWeld County · 2,667 peopleB−better than 55% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #66 of 158
50Cañon CityFremont County · 17,030 peopleB−better than 54% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #140 of 158
51Greenwood VillageArapahoe County · 15,323 peopleB−better than 54% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #77 of 158
52LongmontBoulder County · 100,109 peopleB−better than 51% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #31 of 158
53LovelandLarimer County · 81,387 peopleB−better than 50% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #88 of 158
54Rocky FordOtero County · 3,752 peopleB−better than 50% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #151 of 158
55PlattevilleWeld County · 2,908 peopleB−better than 48% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #113 of 158
56CentennialArapahoe County · 108,658 peopleB−better than 48% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #36 of 158
57BayfieldLa Plata County · 2,974 peopleB−better than 47% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #33 of 158
58Wheat RidgeJefferson County · 32,081 peopleB−better than 46% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #100 of 158
59LamarProwers County · 7,588 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #128 of 158
60SiltGarfield County · 3,743 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #83 of 158
61RifleGarfield County · 10,844 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #105 of 158
62Glenwood SpringsGarfield County · 10,395 peopleC+better than 43% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #135 of 158
63ErieWeld County · 40,904 peopleC+better than 41% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #8 of 158
64New CastleGarfield County · 4,896 peopleC+better than 40% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #87 of 158
65Castle RockDouglas County · 83,815 peopleC+better than 39% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #17 of 158
66EnglewoodArapahoe County · 35,305 peopleC+better than 37% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #131 of 158
67BroomfieldBroomfield County · 79,174 peopleC+better than 37% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #45 of 158
68TimnathLarimer County · 11,600 peopleC+better than 37% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #9 of 158
69LakewoodJefferson County · 156,927 peopleCbetter than 34% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #97 of 158
70Lone TreeDouglas County · 15,278 peopleCbetter than 34% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #70 of 158
71SuperiorBoulder County · 13,637 peopleCbetter than 34% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #4 of 158
72BennettAdams County · 4,224 peopleCbetter than 32% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #82 of 158
73ArvadaJefferson County · 122,901 peopleCbetter than 31% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #64 of 158
74Fort LuptonWeld County · 10,402 peopleCbetter than 30% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #146 of 158
75WindsorWeld County · 43,840 peopleCbetter than 28% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #22 of 158
76Castle PinesDouglas County · 15,583 peopleCbetter than 26% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #6 of 158
77ParkerDouglas County · 65,985 peopleCbetter than 26% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #48 of 158
78WellingtonLarimer County · 12,169 peopleCbetter than 25% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #75 of 158
79WestminsterAdams County · 116,182 peopleC−better than 23% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #76 of 158
80Colorado SpringsEl Paso County · 494,743 peopleC−better than 22% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #138 of 158
81JohnstownWeld County · 22,433 peopleC−better than 19% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #89 of 158
82MeadWeld County · 7,042 peopleC−better than 18% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #42 of 158
83Orchard CityDelta County · 3,299 peopleC−better than 16% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #142 of 158
84Cherry Hills VillageArapahoe County · 6,389 peopleDbetter than 14% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #19 of 158
85GlendaleArapahoe County · 4,475 peopleDbetter than 13% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #94 of 158
86EdgewaterJefferson County · 4,870 peopleDbetter than 12% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #107 of 158
87PuebloPueblo County · 110,404 peopleDbetter than 11% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #158 of 158
88GreeleyWeld County · 115,073 peopleDbetter than 11% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #136 of 158
89FirestoneWeld County · 20,129 peopleDbetter than 10% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #60 of 158
90FrederickWeld County · 18,241 peopleDbetter than 9% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #25 of 158
91AuroraArapahoe County · 410,053 peopleDbetter than 9% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #122 of 158
92SeveranceWeld County · 11,841 peopleDbetter than 9% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #32 of 158
93FountainEl Paso County · 29,450 peopleDbetter than 9% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #137 of 158
94MillikenWeld County · 9,183 peopleDbetter than 6% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #55 of 158
95SheridanArapahoe County · 5,972 peopleDbetter than 6% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #156 of 158
96LochbuieWeld County · 8,776 peopleDbetter than 6% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #114 of 158
97BrightonAdams County · 45,395 peopleDbetter than 5% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #121 of 158
98NorthglennAdams County · 38,893 peopleDbetter than 5% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #109 of 158
99DaconoWeld County · 6,844 peopleDbetter than 5% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #56 of 158
100GypsumEagle County · 9,212 peopleD−better than 5% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #65 of 158
101ThorntonAdams County · 147,766 peopleD−better than 3% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #102 of 158
102Commerce CityAdams County · 72,345 peopleD−better than 3% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #139 of 158
103EvansWeld County · 22,500 peopleD−better than 2% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #145 of 158
104Federal HeightsAdams County · 14,075 peopleD−among the lowest in the U.S.·Overall B− · #95 of 158
Not ranked

55 towns without a civic life grade

Towns of 2,500+ that don’t have the figures this grade needs. Each town’s page says which ones are missing.

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Questions people ask

Which Colorado town has the most civic life?

Vail (Eagle County) ranks first on civic life among 104 towns, with an A+; Gunnison and Salida follow.

How are these towns ranked?

The Civic life grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): library visits per resident (IMLS), community nonprofits (IRS) and volunteering groups. Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a civic life grade (104 in Colorado). 55 towns of 2,500+ lack the figures and are listed above. Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Colorado page.

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