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A town of 635, settled in 1888. A typical home worth about $230K.

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Population
635
+1.1% since 2010
Typical home
$230K
+2% in a year
Household income
$49K
median
Median age
42.6
years
Jobs based here
237
Balanced

What makes Flagler stand out

The 2 things Flagler does most differently from other towns.

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635 people, and everyone knows the way

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The data

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Housing

A typical Flagler home is worth about $230K

The typical Flagler home is worth about $230,000, up 2% in a year, 57% below the Colorado typical home.

$230KZillow home value

Typical home value

Flagler$230K
Colorado$533K
+2%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Schools

Flagler’s public schools outperform 9% of Colorado districts

The public schools Flagler’s kids attend trail 91% of Colorado’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DSchool Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Flagler Public SchoolPK–12186C−
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state testsAll 1 schools →
Natural hazards

Low risk, with cold waves at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 23% of U.S. communities.

23risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
23Low riskLowerHigher
Cold wavesInland floodingHail
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Flagler has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 25 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

25″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter17–45°
Spring34–64°
Summer56–86°
Fall36–66°
Oct 8
typical first frost
May 5
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Work & commute

About one in ten working residents works right in Flagler

Most working residents leave Flagler for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (11%), Stratton (10%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

10%work in town

Where working residents work

In Flagler10%
Burlington11%
Stratton10%
Denver5%
Colorado Springs3%
43 mi
median commute distance
237
jobs based in Flagler
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Health

How healthy Flagler is

Flagler beats the Colorado average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 14.

26 measures vs. Colorado
2 better10 too close to call14 worse
What stands outFlaglerCO
Fewer binge drinkers14.9%19%
More adults treating high blood pressure77.2%69.5%
More adults with COPD9.7%5.3%
Lincoln Health Hospital
24.5 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0% of Flagler is conserved land

0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
Map of Flagler: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0%
conserved · 0 of 920 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Flagler Town Park—4
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)]
1940 · Colorado [Adams County - Las Animas County (part)] · Wikimedia Commons
Flagler’s story

138 years in pictures

6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

COMap-doton-FlaglerFlagler Hospital Front 2Flagler, Colorado
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About Flagler

Statutory town in Colorado, US

Official town website ↗

Flagler is a statutory town in western Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 567 at the 2020 United States census. Flagler is near Exit 395 on I-70.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1888
Population
567
Area
1.3 sq mi
Elevation
4,941 ft
ZIP code
80815
Area code
719

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