Stepping Stone makes Colorado’s top 10 on 3 lists
Stepping Stone is ranked on 25 lists against the 160 Colorado towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 11.
Stepping Stone 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 Stepping Stone marked.
Fewer seniors than 98% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Stepping Stone’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for fewest smokers
Lists where Stepping Stone sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Stepping Stone lands in the top half on 13 of 16 lists
Each dot is Stepping Stone’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Stepping Stone does best come first.
Stepping Stone out-ranks 2 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.
Where Stepping Stone 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.
People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#2
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#51
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#111
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#156
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#6 Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#17
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#36
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#11
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#9
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#14
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#11
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#45 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#66
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#27
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#27 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#101 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#126
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#150
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Edwards · 189 in
#37
Least snow#1 Clifton · 13 in
#106
Mildest winters#1 Lakewood · 20.1°
Hottest summers#1 Fruita · 96.2°
Coolest summers#1 Breckenridge · 72.3°
Longest growing season#1 Palisade · 190 days
#66
Wettest#1 Vail · 23 in
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#153
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#66
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
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 Stepping Stone’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.