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%

Dacono$2,860/mo

Typical home $496K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $1,827/mo · Housing →

Silt$3,470/mo

Typical home $622K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.40% · or rent about $1,859/mo · Housing →

The difference: $610 a month, about $7,300 a year, between Silt and Dacono.

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.

Report cards

Dacono places higher on 9 of 19 CO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Colorado ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

BDaconoSafer than 62% of U.S. towns –SiltNot graded

Schools

A−DaconoBetter than 75% of districts in the state B−SiltBetter than 50% of districts in the state

Health

B+DaconoHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns A−SiltHealthier than 78% of U.S. towns

9Dacono

8Silt

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 152 towns #150#42 Most walkableOutdoors · 160 towns #144#35 Lowest obesityHealth · 160 towns #142#57 Best schoolsSchools · 142 towns #35#98 Most remote workersWork · 148 towns #80#128 Lowest property taxCost of living · 158 towns #95#49 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 160 towns #94#125 Most new homesHousing · 92 towns #55#41

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Dacono’s rankings →

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

DaconoSilt

Snow a year35″27″

January low16°F 10°F

July high90°F 88°F

Growing season (days)155d 124d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 40th

Outdoors & history

DaconoSilt

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.3%14.7%

National Register places—1

Archive photos3 —

Community

DaconoSilt

Library hours a week—54 hrs

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

148 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DaconoCO SiltCO

Dacono ↔ Silt148 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

DaconoSilt

People

Population 6,530Highest 3,642Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +51.7%Highest CO: +14.8% +20.7%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 33.8±2.8Lowest 10% below CO 35.3±4.6Highest 6% below CO

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

Kids under 18 27.2%±4.3Lowest CO: 21% 28.4%±6.2Highest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 10.5%±2.2Highest CO: 15.6% 7.5%±2.5Lowest CO: 15.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.9%Highest CO: 45.7% 21.7%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±1.8Highest CO: 6.4% 3.1%±2.3Lowest CO: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $104,559±$7kHighest 10% above CO $93,690±$10kLowest about the CO average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $482,800±$32kHighest 10% below CO $446,900±$39kLowest 17% below CO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,827±$580Lowest 4% above CO $1,859±$273Highest 6% above CO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,041Highest 17% above CO $1,781Lowest 32% below CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.5%±25.6Lowest CO: 52.9% 51.2%±34.9Highest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.9%Highest CO: 9.4% 2.6%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.1%Highest CO: 66.2% 73.8%Lowest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2009Highest 21 yrs newer than CO 1998Lowest 10 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 28% above CO 36 minHighest 41% above CO

Work from home 16.2%±6.2Highest CO: 21% 7.6%±3.9Lowest CO: 21%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.7%Lowest 5.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Lowest 0.37Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Denver (14%)Glenwood Springs (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SiltFew work in Dacono

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 14.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 27.8Lowest 108Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #35 of 142 in CO #98 of 142 in CO

School district Weld re-8 schoolsGarfield School District No. Re-2

High school in town None in townNone in town

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

Deciding?

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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.

Dacono vs Silt

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $610 more a month in Silt

Dacono places higher on 9 of 19 CO lists

What daily life feels like in each

148 miles apart

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