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Windsor vs Severance

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

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 →
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 →
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.

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

Windsor and Severance share a border

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

WindsorSeveranceWindsorSeverance
Windsor ↔ Severance3.3 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
AWindsorSafer than 87% of U.S. towns A−SeveranceSafer than 84% of U.S. towns
Schools
AWindsorBetter than 86% of districts in the state A−SeveranceBetter than 84% of districts in the state
Health
AWindsorHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns ASeveranceHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns
18Windsor
3Severance

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

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

Left end = #1 in Colorado. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Windsor’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
WindsorSeverance
Snow a year49″33″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th52nd
Outdoors & history
WindsorSeverance
Trails44 mi17 mi
Conserved land5.6%0.3%
Settled1882—
National Register places2—
Archive photos—4
Famous people born here8—
Community
WindsorSeverance
Library hours a week62 hrs48 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.

WindsorSeverance
People
Population 37,914Highest 10,130Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +75.5%Lowest CO: +14.8% +142.7%Highest CO: +14.8%
Median age 40.9±1.8Highest 8% above CO 32.4±1.7Lowest 14% below CO
Kids under 18 23.1%±2Lowest CO: 21% 30.2%±5.1Highest CO: 21%
Severance and Windsor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 18.1%±2Highest CO: 15.6% 6.6%±2Lowest CO: 15.6%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 55.5%Highest CO: 45.7% 47.7%Lowest CO: 45.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±0.8Lowest CO: 6.4% 9.2%±3.2Highest CO: 6.4%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $127,028±$6kHighest 33% above CO $124,572±$12kLowest 30% 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 $604,000±$17kHighest 12% above CO $528,500±$43kLowest about the CO average
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,793±$118Lowest about the CO average $2,569±$306Highest 46% above CO
Property taxmedian, yearly $3,863Lowest 48% above CO $4,092Highest 57% above CO
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.6%±10.8Highest CO: 52.9% 20.3%±21.5Lowest CO: 52.9%
Below poverty line 6%Highest CO: 9.4% 5.2%Lowest CO: 9.4%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 77.6%Lowest CO: 66.2% 91.6%Highest CO: 66.2%
Typical home builtmedian year 2009Lowest 21 yrs newer than CO 2014Highest 26 yrs newer than CO
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 5% above CO 27 minHighest 8% above CO
Work from home 20.4%±2.6Highest CO: 21% 20%±5.9Lowest 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 9.3%Highest 1.9%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 12.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.52Highest 0.10Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Fort Collins (19%)Fort Collins (23%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Severance7% work in Windsor
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 5.6%Highest 0.3%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 43.7 miHighest 16.9 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miHighest 1.3 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 29Highest 5Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 57.0Highest 31.7Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #26 of 142 in CO#55 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 Windsor High SchoolSeverance High School
Students per teacherat that high school 19.2Highest 17.9Lowest
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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