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

–DurangoNot graded D−Lone TreeSafer than 0% of U.S. towns

Schools

BDurangoBetter than 64% of districts in the state ALone TreeBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

ADurangoHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns A+Lone TreeHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns

7Durango

15Lone Tree

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 142 towns #127#23 Lowest property taxCost of living · 158 towns #29#141 Most trailsOutdoors · 143 towns #4#81 Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #8#91 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 54 towns #28#3 Highest incomeIncome · 160 towns #117#43 Most remote workersWork · 148 towns #83#16 Cheapest rentCost of living · 153 towns #55#122

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $880 more a month in Lone Tree

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%

Durango$4,150/mo

Typical home $765K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.22% · or rent about $1,636/mo · Housing →

Lone Tree$5,030/mo

Typical home $877K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $2,139/mo · Housing →

The difference: $880 a month, about $10,600 a year, between Lone Tree and Durango.

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

DurangoLone Tree

Snow a year64″64″

January low13°F —

July high85°F —

Growing season (days)134d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)87th 18th

Outdoors & history

DurangoLone Tree

Trails103 mi 13 mi

Conserved land22.5%8.3%

Settled1881 —

National Register places9 —

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here41 —

Community

DurangoLone Tree

Library hours a week49 hrs 70 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

226 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DurangoCO Lone TreeCO

Durango ↔ Lone Tree226 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

DurangoLone Tree

People

Population 19,411Highest 14,147Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +12.9%Lowest CO: +14.8% +39.5%Highest CO: +14.8%

Median age 38.3±2.3Lowest about the CO average 41.5±2.7Highest 10% above CO

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

Kids under 18 13.7%±1.8Lowest CO: 21% 16.7%±2.4Highest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 16.7%±2.2Lowest CO: 15.6% 20.7%±2.8Highest CO: 15.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 60.4%Lowest CO: 45.7% 71.2%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 14.3%±1.6Highest CO: 6.4% 4.1%±1.4Lowest CO: 6.4%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,602±$9kLowest 18% below CO $123,741±$17kHighest 30% above CO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $668,400±$43kLowest 24% above CO $874,100±$33kHighest 62% above CO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,636±$101Lowest 7% below CO $2,139±$84Highest 21% above CO

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,443Lowest 45% below CO $5,186Highest 99% above CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.4%±8.8Highest CO: 52.9% 37.9%±8.9Lowest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 13%Highest CO: 9.4% 4.9%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 53%Lowest CO: 66.2% 54.5%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Lowest 1 yr newer than CO 2004Highest 16 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 43% below CO 26 minHighest about the CO average

Work from home 15%±2.5Lowest CO: 21% 32.2%±4.5Highest CO: 21%

Work in townworking residents 60.7%Highest 8.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.3 miLowest 10.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.00Lowest 3.07Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Denver (2%)Denver (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lone TreeFew work in Durango

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 22.5%Highest 8.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 103.3 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 5.2 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 20Highest 16Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 34.8Lowest 71.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #39 of 142 in CO #29 of 142 in CO

School district Durango School District No. 9-R · San Juan BOCESDouglas County School District No. Re 1

High school in town Durango High SchoolEagle Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 16.1Highest 9.1Lowest

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.

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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.

Durango vs Lone Tree

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Lone Tree places higher on 15 of 22 CO lists

A typical home costs $880 more a month in Lone Tree

What daily life feels like in each

226 miles apart

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