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%

Genoa$1,250/mo

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

Brookside$2,010/mo

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

GenoaBrookside

Snow a year24″38″

January low12°F 18°F

July high89°F 89°F

Growing season (days)143d 153d

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

Outdoors & history

GenoaBrookside

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1905 —

Archive photos7 2

Community

GenoaBrookside

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.

GenoaCO BrooksideCO

Genoa ↔ Brookside109 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

GenoaBrookside

People

Population 190Lowest 276Highest

Median age 48.9±11.6Lowest 30% above CO 51.5±12.2Highest 37% 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 10.5%±19.1Lowest CO: 21% 14.1%±10.6Highest CO: 21%

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

Age 65+ 17.4%±18.1Lowest CO: 15.6% 18.8%±5.3Highest 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+ 19.9%Lowest CO: 45.7% 23.1%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±10.3Highest CO: 6.4% 5.8%±8.9Lowest 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 $63,125±$32kHighest 34% below CO $62,813±$23kLowest 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 $186,100±$62kLowest 65% below CO $357,100±$115kHighest 34% 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 50%±100Highest CO: 52.9% 42.9%±94.1Lowest 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 13.2%Highest CO: 9.4% 10.1%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 17.1%±16.7Highest CO: 21% 9.7%±18.8Lowest 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 69.8 miHighest 27.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrooksideFew work in Genoa

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 6.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

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

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.

Genoa vs Brookside

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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