Johnstown makes Colorado’s top 10 on 2 lists
Johnstown is ranked on 35 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Johnstown does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Johnstown marked.
Johnstown lands in the top half on 10 of 21 lists
Each dot is Johnstown’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Johnstown does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 85% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Johnstown’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for new homes
Lists where Johnstown sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Johnstown out-ranks 1 of its 3 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 Johnstown lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#117
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#6
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#88
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
#44 Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#72
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#98
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#66
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#51
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#59
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#76
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#95 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#79
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#87
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#112
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#90
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#39
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#120
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#136
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#42 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#134
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#86
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#113 Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
#55 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#137 
The number on the right is Johnstown’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.