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%

Romeo$690/mo

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

Fleming$1,560/mo

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

RomeoFleming

Snow a year30″37″

January low5°F 17°F

July high81°F 90°F

Growing season (days)115d 157d

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

Outdoors & history

RomeoFleming

Archive photos2 3

Community

RomeoFleming

Library hours a week—42 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.

RomeoCO FlemingCO

Romeo ↔ Fleming296 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

RomeoFleming

People

Population 387Lowest 614Highest

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

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

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

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

Age 65+ 18.6%±4.7Highest CO: 15.6% 16%±3.2Lowest 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+ 15.8%Lowest CO: 45.7% 18.1%Highest CO: 45.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±5.1Highest CO: 6.4% 2.8%±1.7Lowest 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 $45,469±$8kLowest 52% below CO $52,143±$15kHighest 45% 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 $123,800±$19kLowest 77% below CO $170,300±$76kHighest 68% 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 $689±$135Lowest 61% below CO $952±$46Highest 46% below CO

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14.6%±41.3Lowest CO: 52.9% 43.3%±38.6Highest 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 26.6%Highest CO: 9.4% 9.4%Lowest CO: 9.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 2.6%±3Highest CO: 21% 2.4%±1.9Lowest 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 0%Lowest 3.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FlemingFew work in Romeo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 7.2%Highest

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 108Lowest 111Highest

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.

Romeo 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.

Romeo vs Fleming

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

What matters to you?

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