Delta ranks #10 in Colorado for low property taxes
Delta is ranked on 35 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
Drier than 95% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Delta’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Delta does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Delta marked.
Delta lands in the top half on 5 of 22 lists
Each dot is Delta’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Delta does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for cheap rent
Lists where Delta sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Delta 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#19
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#12
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#10
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#44 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#126
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#39
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#23
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#146
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#93
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#148
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#141
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#121
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#112
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#134 Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#80
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#109 Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
#57 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#87
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#117
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#136 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#126
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#97
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#65
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#23
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#56 
The number on the right is Delta’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.