Black Forest ranks #2 in Colorado for health insurance
Black Forest is ranked on 31 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Black Forest marked.
Black Forest lands in the top half on 10 of 18 lists
Each dot is Black Forest’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Black Forest does best come first.
Cooler summers than 93% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Black Forest’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for working from home
Lists where Black Forest sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Black Forest out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Black Forest lands in every CO ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#52
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#72
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#32
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#51
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#2
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#112
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#124 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#51
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#148
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#13
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#33
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#67 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#135
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#107
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#100
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#138
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#158 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#134 Climate
Snowiest#1 Edwards · 189 in
#13
Least snow#1 Clifton · 13 in
#144
Mildest winters#1 Lakewood · 20.1°
#86
Hottest summers#1 Fruita · 96.2°
#138
Coolest summers#1 Breckenridge · 72.3°
#12
Longest growing season#1 Palisade · 190 days
#109
Wettest#1 Vail · 23 in
#14 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#56
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#38
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Vail · 24.3 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Lafayette · 13.9 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Littleton · 29.7 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
The number on the right is Black Forest’s spot. All of Colorado’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every CO list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.