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%

Lone Tree$5,030/mo

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

Superior$4,660/mo

Typical home $813K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.59% · or rent about $2,457/mo · Housing →

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,500 a year, between Lone Tree and Superior.

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

Superior places higher on 14 of 22 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

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

Schools

ALone TreeBetter than 92% of districts in the state A+SuperiorBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

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

6Lone Tree

14Superior

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 153 towns #19#105 Most trailsOutdoors · 143 towns #81#8 Most walkableOutdoors · 160 towns #83#9 Most conserved landOutdoors · 152 towns #67#7 Lowest obesityHealth · 160 towns #36#1 Shortest commuteGetting around · 160 towns #91#58 Best schoolsSchools · 142 towns #29#4 Highest incomeIncome · 160 towns #43#15

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

Lone TreeSuperior

Snow a year64″68″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)18th 33rd

Outdoors & history

Lone TreeSuperior

Trails13 mi 15 mi

Conserved land8.3%35.8%

Settled—1896

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here—2

Community

Lone TreeSuperior

Library hours a week70 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

32 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Lone TreeCO SuperiorCO

Lone Tree ↔ Superior32 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

Lone TreeSuperior

People

Population 14,147Highest 13,305Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +39.5%Highest CO: +14.8% +4.9%Lowest CO: +14.8%

Median age 41.5±2.7Highest 10% above CO 36.9±2.2Lowest about the CO average

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

Kids under 18 16.7%±2.4Lowest CO: 21% 24.4%±3.2Highest CO: 21%

Age 65+ 20.7%±2.8Highest CO: 15.6% 9.4%±1.8Lowest CO: 15.6%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 71.2%Lowest CO: 45.7% 78.8%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±1.4Lowest CO: 6.4% 6.1%±1.7Highest CO: 6.4%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $123,741±$17kLowest 30% above CO $159,434±$14kHighest 67% above CO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $874,100±$33kLowest 62% above CO $903,900±$33kHighest 68% above CO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,139±$84Lowest 21% above CO $2,457±$143Highest 40% above CO

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,186Lowest 99% above CO $5,294Highest 103% above CO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.9%±8.9Highest CO: 52.9% 34.8%±9.7Lowest CO: 52.9%

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

Below poverty line 4.9%Highest CO: 9.4% 3.2%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.5%Lowest CO: 66.2% 60.9%Highest CO: 66.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 16 yrs newer than CO 1997Lowest 9 yrs newer than CO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest about the CO average 22 minLowest 11% below CO

Work from home 32.2%±4.5Lowest CO: 21% 34.3%±4.4Highest CO: 21%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.5%Highest 4.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.07Highest 0.43Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Denver (23%)Boulder (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SuperiorFew work in Lone Tree

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.3%Lowest 35.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 12.8 miLowest 15.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miLowest 3.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 16Highest 9Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.8Lowest 140Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #29 of 142 in CO #4 of 142 in CO

School district Douglas County School District No. Re 1Boulder Valley School District No. Re2

High school in town Eagle AcademyNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 9.1 —

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

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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.

Lone Tree vs Superior

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Lone Tree

Superior places higher on 14 of 22 CO lists

What daily life feels like in each

32 miles apart

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