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%

Fleming$1,560/mo

Typical home $282K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.34% · or rent about $952/mo · Housing →

Romeo$690/mo

Typical home $124K (Census) · tax rate 0.37% · or rent about $689/mo · Housing →

The difference: $870 a month, about $10,500 a year, between Fleming and Romeo.

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

FlemingRomeo

Snow a year37″30″

January low17°F 5°F

July high90°F 81°F

Growing season (days)157d 115d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 39th

Outdoors & history

FlemingRomeo

Archive photos3 2

Community

FlemingRomeo

Library hours a week42 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

296 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FlemingCO RomeoCO

Fleming ↔ Romeo296 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

FlemingRomeo

People

Population 614Highest 387Lowest

Median age 37.2±9.3Lowest about the CO average 39.2±6.4Highest 4% above CO

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

Kids under 18 30.8%±10.9Highest CO: 21% 22.2%±7Lowest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 16%±3.2Lowest CO: 15.6% 18.6%±4.7Highest CO: 15.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.1%Highest CO: 45.7% 15.8%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.7Lowest CO: 6.4% 5.2%±5.1Highest CO: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,143±$15kHighest 45% below CO $45,469±$8kLowest 52% below CO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $170,300±$76kHighest 68% below CO $123,800±$19kLowest 77% below CO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $952±$46Highest 46% below CO $689±$135Lowest 61% below CO

Property taxmedian, yearly $585Highest 78% below CO $463Lowest 82% below CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.3%±38.6Highest CO: 52.9% 14.6%±41.3Lowest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 9.4%Lowest CO: 9.4% 26.6%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.6%Highest CO: 66.2% 71.1%Lowest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 28 yrs older than CO 1985Highest 3 yrs older than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest about the CO average 24 minLowest 5% below CO

Work from home 2.4%±1.9Lowest CO: 21% 2.6%±3Highest CO: 21%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miHighest 21.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.09Highest 0.43Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sterling (28%)Antonito (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RomeoFew work in Fleming

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.2%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 111Highest 108Lowest

Schools

School district School District No. Re-3 Frenchman—

High school in town Fleming High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 13.6 —

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.

Fleming 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.

Fleming vs Romeo

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $870 more a month in Fleming

What daily life feels like in each

296 miles apart

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