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Parker vs Windsor

68 miles apart. The biggest differences: growth since 2010 (+46.3 pts in Windsor) and street grid (+83% in Parker).

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Parker, COHomes around $676KColorado · 61,783 people
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Windsor, COKnown for its schoolsColorado · 37,914 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Report cards

Parker places higher on 15 of 23 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.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $520 more a month in Parker

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.

Parker$3,860/mo
Typical home $676K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $2,096/mo · Housing →
Windsor$3,340/mo
Typical home $578K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,793/mo · Housing →

The difference: $520 a month, about $6,200 a year, between Parker and Windsor.

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
ParkerWindsor
Snow a year64″49″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd79th
Outdoors & history
ParkerWindsor
Conserved land19.9%5.6%
Settled19811882
National Register places12
Archive photos18—
Famous people born here68
Community
ParkerWindsor
Library hours a week70 hrs62 hrs
Colleges in town1—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

68 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Parker ↔ Windsor68 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.

ParkerWindsor
People
Population 61,783Highest 37,914Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +29.2%Lowest CO: +14.8% +75.5%Highest CO: +14.8%
Median age 36.2±0.6Lowest 4% below CO 40.9±1.8Highest 8% above CO
Kids under 18 25.7%±1.5Highest CO: 21% 23.1%±2Lowest CO: 21%
Parker and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 10.7%±1Lowest CO: 15.6% 18.1%±2Highest CO: 15.6%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 56%Highest CO: 45.7% 55.5%Lowest CO: 45.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±1.1Highest CO: 6.4% 3.9%±0.8Lowest CO: 6.4%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $133,369±$4kHighest 40% above CO $127,028±$6kLowest 33% above CO
Parker and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $646,300±$9kHighest 20% above CO $604,000±$17kLowest 12% above CO
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,096±$100Highest 19% above CO $1,793±$118Lowest about the CO average
Property taxmedian, yearly $3,568Lowest 37% above CO $3,863Highest 48% above CO
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.6%±8Lowest CO: 52.9% 62.6%±10.8Highest CO: 52.9%
Windsor and Parker are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 4.4%Lowest CO: 9.4% 6%Highest CO: 9.4%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 71.8%Lowest CO: 66.2% 77.6%Highest CO: 66.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 2004Lowest 16 yrs newer than CO 2009Highest 21 yrs newer than CO
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 4% above CO 26 minHighest 5% above CO
Work from home 26.2%±2Highest CO: 21% 20.4%±2.6Lowest CO: 21%
Work in townworking residents 7.9%Lowest 9.3%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.70Highest 0.52Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Denver (21%)Fort Collins (19%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WindsorFew work in Parker
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 19.9%Highest 5.6%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 61.9 miHighest 43.7 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.8 miHighest 1.6 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 38Highest 29Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 104Highest 57.0Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #37 of 142 in CO#26 of 142 in CO
School district Douglas County School District No. Re 1Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
High school in town Legend High SchoolWindsor High School
Students per teacherat that high school 23.2Highest 19.2Lowest
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.

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