How Evans compares across Colorado
Evans 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 2.
Younger than 96% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Evans’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Evans does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Evans marked.
Evans lands in the top half on 7 of 23 lists
Each dot is Evans’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Evans does best come first.
Evans out-ranks 1 of its 2 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.
Every CO list, and where Evans lands
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
#30
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#51
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#41
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
#19 
Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#138
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#153
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#121
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#131
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#139
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#76
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#42 Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
#47 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#93
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#80
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#107 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#95 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#83
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#73
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#116
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
#11 Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#118
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#112 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#133
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#6
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#154
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#140
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Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#31 
The number on the right is Evans’s spot. All of Colorado’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.