Lone Tree is #1 in Colorado for fewest smokers
Lone Tree is ranked on 37 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 13.
Lone Tree 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 Lone Tree marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for new homes
Lists where Lone Tree sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Lone Tree lands in the top half on 16 of 23 lists
Each dot is Lone Tree’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Lone Tree does best come first.
Fewer kids than 82% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Lone Tree’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Lone Tree out-ranks 2 of its 4 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 Lone Tree 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#7
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#36
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#1
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#20
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#14
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#11
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#67 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#121
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#4
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#94
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
#30 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#14
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#111
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#49
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#34
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#131 
Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#29
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#23 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#138
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#122
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#141
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
#3 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#67
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#81
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#83 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#91 Safety
Safest#1 Milliken · 4.8
#83 
The number on the right is Lone Tree’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.