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Severance vs Windsor

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: growth since 2010 (+67.2 pts in Severance) and jobs per worker (5.2× in Windsor).

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Severance, COKnown for its schoolsColorado · 10,130 people
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Windsor, COKnown for its schoolsColorado · 37,914 people
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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.

SeveranceKnown for its schools
Schools#55 for schools in COof 142 towns Housing$494K typical home7% below the CO typical home HealthHealthier than 91%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates All about Severance →
WindsorKnown for its schools
Schools#26 for schools in COof 142 towns Housing$578K typical home9% above the CO typical home HealthHealthier than 94%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates All about Windsor →
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.

Growth since 2010+67.2 pts
Severance has grown faster since 2010
Severance +142.7%Windsor +75.5%
Jobs per worker5.2×
Windsor is more of a job hub
Windsor 0.52Severance 0.10
Rent+43%
Rent runs higher in Severance
Severance $2,569Windsor $1,793
Trails2.6×
Windsor has more miles of trail
Windsor 43.7 miSeverance 16.9 mi
Size3.7×
Windsor is the bigger place
Windsor 37,914Severance 10,130
Age 65++11.5 pts
Windsor has more people 65 and up
Windsor 18.1%Severance 6.6%
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Windsor

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.

Severance$2,910/mo
Typical home $494K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $2,569/mo · Housing →
Windsor$3,340/mo
Typical home $578K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,793/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,200 a year, between Windsor and Severance.

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

Severance and Windsor share a border

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

SeveranceWindsorSeveranceWindsor
Severance ↔ Windsor3.3 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
378 Severance residents work in Windsor (7.1% of its workers)
Work & commute in Severance →
Report cards

Windsor places higher on 18 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
A−SeveranceSafer than 84% of U.S. towns AWindsorSafer than 87% of U.S. towns
Schools
A−SeveranceBetter than 84% of districts in the state AWindsorBetter than 86% of districts in the state
Health
ASeveranceHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns AWindsorHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns
3Severance
18Windsor

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

Cheapest rentCost of living · 153 towns #144#75 Most conserved landOutdoors · 152 towns #148#86 Lowest depressionHealth · 160 towns #112#76 Best schoolsSchools · 142 towns #55#26 Most walkableOutdoors · 160 towns #139#109 Lowest obesityHealth · 160 towns #119#98 Most affordableCost of living · 158 towns #76#95 Fewest smokersHealth · 160 towns #66#47

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Severance’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
SeveranceWindsor
Snow a year33″49″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd79th
Outdoors & history
SeveranceWindsor
Trails17 mi44 mi
Conserved land0.3%5.6%
Settled—1882
National Register places—2
Archive photos4—
Famous people born here—8
Community
SeveranceWindsor
Library hours a week48 hrs62 hrs
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.

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.

SeveranceWindsor
People
Population 10,130Lowest 37,914Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +142.7%Highest CO: +14.8% +75.5%Lowest CO: +14.8%
Median age 32.4±1.7Lowest 14% below CO 40.9±1.8Highest 8% above CO
Kids under 18 30.2%±5.1Highest CO: 21% 23.1%±2Lowest CO: 21%
Severance and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 6.6%±2Lowest CO: 15.6% 18.1%±2Highest CO: 15.6%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 47.7%Lowest CO: 45.7% 55.5%Highest CO: 45.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.2%±3.2Highest CO: 6.4% 3.9%±0.8Lowest CO: 6.4%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $124,572±$12kLowest 30% above CO $127,028±$6kHighest 33% above CO
Windsor and Severance are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $528,500±$43kLowest about the CO average $604,000±$17kHighest 12% above CO
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,569±$306Highest 46% above CO $1,793±$118Lowest about the CO average
Property taxmedian, yearly $4,092Highest 57% above CO $3,863Lowest 48% above CO
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 20.3%±21.5Lowest CO: 52.9% 62.6%±10.8Highest CO: 52.9%
Below poverty line 5.2%Lowest CO: 9.4% 6%Highest CO: 9.4%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 91.6%Highest CO: 66.2% 77.6%Lowest CO: 66.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 2014Highest 26 yrs newer than CO 2009Lowest 21 yrs newer than CO
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 8% above CO 26 minLowest 5% above CO
Work from home 20%±5.9Lowest CO: 21% 20.4%±2.6Highest CO: 21%
Windsor and Severance are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 1.9%Lowest 9.3%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 11.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.10Lowest 0.52Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Fort Collins (23%)Fort Collins (19%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 7% work in WindsorFew work in Severance
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 5.6%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 16.9 miLowest 43.7 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miLowest 1.6 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 29Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 31.7Lowest 57.0Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #55 of 142 in CO#26 of 142 in CO
School district Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
High school in town Severance High SchoolWindsor High School
Students per teacherat that high school 17.9Lowest 19.2Highest
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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