Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Victor has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Victor Downtown Historic District and Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill. Victor has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Victor beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 4,986 in 1900, 379 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 2 maps from 1951 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Victor. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi MountainPikes Peak
Big draw18 mi LandmarkNorth American Aerospace Defense Command
19 mi Park & preserveGarden of the Gods
14 mi MountainCheyenne Mountain
26 mi Stadium & arenaFalcon Stadium
15 mi Scenic railwayThe Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog RailwayPikes Peak: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North American Aerospace Defense Command: Unknown, Public domain · Garden of the Gods: Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cheyenne Mountain: Jimmy from Grand Junction, CO, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Falcon Stadium: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway: Milan Suvajac, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Victor, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Victor.
Among 152 Colorado towns, just 9 have a lower going rate for rent than Victor. 64% of households are owner-occupiers in the town.
| Victor | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $945 a month | $1,808 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 64% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Victor, the typical journey to work is 31 minutes, above both the Colorado town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most people who work leave Victor to do it: just 8% work in town. The median household income locally is $56,000. This Colorado town had 650 jobs in 2023, up 602 from 2013.
| Victor | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA puts half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 26% to inland flooding. In Victor, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 79 of 100, against 51 of 100 in Colorado’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. One declared disaster, in 2006, has brought federal aid to Victor households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Victor brings cold, snowy winters and cool summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 72°, January nights drop to 9° and about 134 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among adults in Victor, 26% have obesity. Of 26 CDC measures, Victor beats the Colorado average on 3 and trails it on 12. Also worth knowing: only 5 of the 160 Colorado towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Victor.
| Victor | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 71% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 27% | 35% |
| What stands out | Victor | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.3% | 11.1% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 74.5% | 69.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.4% | 5.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Victor; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Victor residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
Where Victor’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
4 places in Victor on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Victor.
City in Colorado, United States
The City of Victor is a Statutory City in Teller County, Colorado, United States. Gold was discovered in Victor in the late 19th century, an omen of the future of the town. With Cripple Creek, the mining district became the second largest gold mining district in the country and realized approximately $10 billion of mined gold in 2010 dollars. It reached its peak around the turn of the century when there were about 18,000 residents in the town. Depleted ore in mines, labor strife and the exodus of miners during World War I caused a steep decline in the city's economy, from which it has never recovered. The population was 379 at the 2020 census. There is a resumed mining effort on Battle Moun…
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Victor has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
4 notable people were born here, including Johnnie Tolan and Jim Hawthorne.
