Windsor makes Colorado’s top 10 on 4 lists
Windsor 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 7.
The lists Windsor does best on
Each list ranks every CO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Windsor marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for public schools
Lists where Windsor sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Windsor lands in the top half on 15 of 23 lists
Each dot is Windsor’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CO, the right end is last. Areas where Windsor does best come first.
Hotter summers than 80% of Colorado
Not better or worse, just Windsor’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Windsor out-ranks 3 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.
Every CO list, and where Windsor lands
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
#5 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Breckenridge · 55.9%
#72
Most new homes#1 Timnath · 44.0 per 1,000
#9
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Breckenridge · +76.5%
#103
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Federal Heights · 33.9 per home
#16 Schools
Best schools#1 Cherry Hills Village · +32.0 pts
#26
Highest graduation rate#1 Lamar · 97%
#10 Health
Healthiest#1 Superior · 100 / 100
#54
Lowest obesity#1 Superior · 15%
#98
Fewest smokers#1 Lone Tree · 7%
#47
Most active#1 Superior · 9%
#51
Fewest uninsured#1 Genesee · 4%
#31
Lowest depression#1 Sherrelwood · 20%
#76
Closest to a top hospital#1 Trinidad · 0.1 mi
#85 People
Most educated#1 Cherry Hills Village · 83.4%
#55
Youngest#1 Air Force Academy · 21.0
#103
Oldest#1 Lincoln Park · 59.1
#57
Most residents 65+#1 Lincoln Park · 34.7%
#57
S
Most kids#1 Sierra Ridge · 34%
#73 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Gunbarrel · 55.3%
#86
Most trails#1 New Castle · 7.2 mi / sq mi
#67
Most walkable#1 Edgewater · 188 / sq mi
#109 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Federal Heights · 1.0 yrs
#95
Cheapest rent#1 La Junta · $642/mo
#75
Lowest property tax#1 Walsenburg · $393/yr
#123
Rent easiest to afford#1 Craig · 33.3%
#50 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Lamar · 9.7 min
#103 
The number on the right is Windsor’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.