Silt ranks #23 in Colorado for graduation rate
Silt is ranked on 34 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Silt does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Silt marked.
Silt lands in the top half on 9 of 20 lists
Each dot is Silt’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Silt does best come first.
More year-round than 92% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Silt’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Silt 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#42
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#35 Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#100
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#57
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#100
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#97
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#126
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#37
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#125 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#54
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#89
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#49
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#98
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#23 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#148
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#41
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#33
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
#7 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#132
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#47
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#115
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#145
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#17 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#155 Climate
Snowiest#1 Edwards · 189 in
#142
Least snow#1 Clifton · 13 in
#17
Mildest winters#1 Lakewood · 20.1°
#111
Hottest summers#1 Fruita · 96.2°
#27
Coolest summers#1 Breckenridge · 72.3°
#125
Longest growing season#1 Palisade · 190 days
#114
Wettest#1 Vail · 23 in
#123 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 Silt’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.