Glendale ranks #12 in Colorado for walkable streets
Glendale is ranked on 35 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
Fewer kids than 99% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Glendale’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Glendale does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Glendale marked.
Glendale lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Glendale’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Glendale does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for walkable streets
Lists where Glendale sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every CO list, and where Glendale lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#48
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#60
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#12 Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#83
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#57
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#47
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#51
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#102
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#20 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#47 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#48
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#79
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#61
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
#27 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#56
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#7
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#155
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#157
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#159 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#145
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#90
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#113
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
#64 Climate
Snowiest#1 Edwards · 189 in
#87
Least snow#1 Clifton · 13 in
#69
Mildest winters#1 Lakewood · 20.1°
#17
Hottest summers#1 Fruita · 96.2°
#71
Coolest summers#1 Breckenridge · 72.3°
#83
Longest growing season#1 Palisade · 190 days
#46
Wettest#1 Vail · 23 in
#80 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Vail · 24.3 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Lafayette · 13.9 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Littleton · 29.7 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
The number on the right is Glendale’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.