A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Brookside$2,010/mo

Typical home $357K (Census) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $1,364/mo · Housing →

Genoa$1,250/mo

Typical home $186K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $750 a month, about $9,000 a year, between Brookside and Genoa.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BrooksideGenoa

Snow a year38″24″

January low18°F 12°F

July high89°F 89°F

Growing season (days)153d 143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 63rd

Outdoors & history

BrooksideGenoa

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled—1905

Archive photos2 7

Community

BrooksideGenoa

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

109 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrooksideCO GenoaCO

Brookside ↔ Genoa109 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Colorado average

BrooksideGenoa

People

Population 276Highest 190Lowest

Median age 51.5±12.2Highest 37% above CO 48.9±11.6Lowest 30% above CO

Brookside and Genoa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 14.1%±10.6Highest CO: 21% 10.5%±19.1Lowest CO: 21%

Brookside and Genoa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 18.8%±5.3Highest CO: 15.6% 17.4%±18.1Lowest CO: 15.6%

Brookside and Genoa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.1%Highest CO: 45.7% 19.9%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±8.9Lowest CO: 6.4% 6.3%±10.3Highest CO: 6.4%

Genoa and Brookside are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,813±$23kLowest 34% below CO $63,125±$32kHighest 34% below CO

Genoa and Brookside are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $357,100±$115kHighest 34% below CO $186,100±$62kLowest 65% below CO

Brookside and Genoa are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,364±$665 23% below CO —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,600 39% below CO —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.9%±94.1Lowest CO: 52.9% 50%±100Highest CO: 52.9%

Genoa and Brookside are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.1%Lowest CO: 9.4% 13.2%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.9%Lowest CO: 66.2% 84.4%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 15 yrs older than CO 1938Lowest 50 yrs older than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 8% below CO 28 minHighest 11% above CO

Work from home 9.7%±18.8Lowest CO: 21% 17.1%±16.7Highest CO: 21%

Genoa and Brookside are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.3 miLowest 69.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.07Highest 0.05Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cañon City (33%)Limon (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GenoaFew work in Brookside

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 48.8Lowest 103Highest

Colorado average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Brookside neighborsTown Square →

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Genoa neighborsTown Square →

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Brookside vs Genoa

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $750 more a month in Brookside

What daily life feels like in each

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