Fruita ranks #8 in Colorado for safety
Fruita is ranked on 34 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 2.
Hotter summers than 100% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Fruita’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Fruita does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Fruita marked.
Fruita lands in the top half on 9 of 21 lists
Each dot is Fruita’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Fruita does best come first.
4 spots from the top 25 for conserved land
Lists where Fruita sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Fruita out-ranks 0 of its 1 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 Fruita 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.
Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
#8 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#29
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#37
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#84 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#41 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#42
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#45
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#43
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#93
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#98
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#92
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#91
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#75
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#112
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#83 Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#54
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#119 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#99
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#112
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#50
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#46
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#26 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Edwards · 189 in
#150
Least snow#1 Clifton · 13 in
#8
Mildest winters#1 Lakewood · 20.1°
#78
Hottest summers#1 Fruita · 96.2°
#1
Coolest summers#1 Breckenridge · 72.3°
#149
Longest growing season#1 Palisade · 190 days
#12
Wettest#1 Vail · 23 in
#143 
The number on the right is Fruita’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.