Brighton ranks #11 in Colorado for low depression
Brighton is ranked on 37 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Brighton does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Brighton marked.
Brighton lands in the top half on 7 of 23 lists
Each dot is Brighton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Brighton does best come first.
More kids than 87% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Brighton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for low depression
Lists where Brighton sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Brighton out-ranks 3 of its 4 ranked neighbors
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 Brighton 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#67
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#21
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#118
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
#32 
Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#113
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#136
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#100
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#125
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#132
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#11
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#102 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#82
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#98
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#55 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#73
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#74
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#102
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
#36 Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#105
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#73 Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
#60 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#129
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#32
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#129
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#127
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#21 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#141 
The number on the right is Brighton’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.