Leadville makes Colorado’s top 10 on 2 lists
Leadville is ranked on 33 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 10.
Cooler summers than 99% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Leadville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Leadville does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Leadville marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for cheap rent
Lists where Leadville sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Leadville lands in the top half on 13 of 21 lists
Each dot is Leadville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Leadville does best come first.
Where Leadville 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
#12 Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#30
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#23
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#32
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#34
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#59
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#37
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#141 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#28
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#83
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#79
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#98
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#129 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#55
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#26
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#60
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#123
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#91
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#8 Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#123
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#10 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#90 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Edwards · 189 in
#9
Least snow#1 Clifton · 13 in
#151
Mildest winters#1 Lakewood · 20.1°
#146
Hottest summers#1 Fruita · 96.2°
#147
Coolest summers#1 Breckenridge · 72.3°
#3
Longest growing season#1 Palisade · 190 days
Wettest#1 Vail · 23 in
#114 
The number on the right is Leadville’s spot. All of Colorado’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.