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%

Frederick$3,060/mo

Typical home $535K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $2,381/mo · Housing →

Dacono$2,860/mo

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

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,400 a year, between Frederick 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.

Where they are

Frederick and Dacono share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

FrederickDacono

Frederick ↔ Dacono3.1 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

114 Dacono residents work in Frederick (3.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Dacono →

Report cards

Frederick places higher on 16 of 21 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

A−FrederickSafer than 76% of U.S. towns BDaconoSafer than 62% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−FrederickBetter than 77% of districts in the state A−DaconoBetter than 75% of districts in the state

Health

AFrederickHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns B+DaconoHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns

16Frederick

4Dacono

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 152 towns #70#150 Best schoolsSchools · 142 towns #102#35 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 160 towns #59#119 Cheapest rentCost of living · 153 towns #138#83 Most new homesHousing · 92 towns #25#55 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 160 towns #59#94 Fewest smokersHealth · 160 towns #66#100 Highest incomeIncome · 160 towns #34#66

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Frederick’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

FrederickDacono

Snow a year47″35″

January low—16°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—155d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 32nd

Outdoors & history

FrederickDacono

Trails16 mi 5 mi

Conserved land7.9%0.3%

Settled—1901

Archive photos3 3

Famous people born here1 —

Community

FrederickDacono

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.

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

FrederickDacono

People

Population 16,651Highest 6,530Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +67.2%Highest CO: +14.8% +51.7%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 36.4±1Highest 3% below CO 33.8±2.8Lowest 10% below CO

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

Kids under 18 26.5%±2.4Lowest CO: 21% 27.2%±4.3Highest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 11.5%±1.4Highest CO: 15.6% 10.5%±2.2Lowest CO: 15.6%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 38.5%Highest CO: 45.7% 27.9%Lowest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±0.8Lowest CO: 6.4% 3.8%±1.8Highest CO: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $129,460±$9kHighest 36% above CO $104,559±$7kLowest 10% above CO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $568,300±$13kHighest 5% above CO $482,800±$32kLowest 10% below CO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,381±$269Highest 35% above CO $1,827±$580Lowest 4% above CO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,255Highest 25% above CO $3,041Lowest 17% above CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54%±16Highest CO: 52.9% 48.5%±25.6Lowest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 3.3%Lowest CO: 9.4% 3.9%Highest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95%Highest CO: 66.2% 85.1%Lowest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2008Lowest 20 yrs newer than CO 2009Highest 21 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 27% above CO 32 minHighest 28% above CO

Work from home 20%±2.8Highest CO: 21% 16.2%±6.2Lowest CO: 21%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.2%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Highest 0.27Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Denver (14%)Denver (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Dacono3% work in Frederick

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.9%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 15.5 miHighest 4.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 46.2Highest 27.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #102 of 142 in CO #35 of 142 in CO

School district St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1JWeld re-8 schools

High school in town Frederick Senior High SchoolNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 22.4 —

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.

Frederick vs Dacono

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Frederick

Frederick and Dacono share a border

Frederick places higher on 16 of 21 CO lists

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