La Junta is #1 in Colorado for cheap rent
La Junta is ranked on 37 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 6 and the top quarter on 5.
La Junta is on Colorado’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with La Junta marked.
Longer growing season than 97% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just La Junta’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where La Junta sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
La Junta lands in the top half on 10 of 24 lists
Each dot is La Junta’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where La Junta does best come first.
Where La Junta 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#7
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#1
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#6
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Vail · 24.3 per resident
#3
Most library borrowing#1 Lafayette · 13.9 per resident
#7
Best libraries for kids#1 Littleton · 29.7 per child
#7 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#55 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#131
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#19 Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#156
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#150
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#136
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#151
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#148
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#76
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#157 Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#125
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#64 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#133
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#81
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#31
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
#74 
The number on the right is La Junta’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.