Best PlacesArickaree, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arickaree, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Arickaree ranks 31,097th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Arickaree
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Arickaree's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arickaree ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 72% of towns
Where Arickaree ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,258 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arickaree
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arickaree home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,333, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Arickaree's effective rate of 0.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Arickaree
Arickaree's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Arickaree.
Who works in Arickaree, and how
Work in Arickaree centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Arickaree
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arickaree.
What the weather is like in Arickaree, month by month
Arickaree sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 28° | 15° |
| April | 65° | 47° | 32° |
| July | 92° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 69° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Arickaree
Denver International sits about 86 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Arickaree
Schools across Arickaree average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top high schools
- Arickaree Undivided High SchoolC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arickaree school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arickaree measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Arickaree against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arickaree
Is Arickaree a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arickaree ranks 31,097th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on tree cover and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arickaree expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $208,300. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $63,333 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Arickaree safe?
Arickaree is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $573 per resident a year.
Compare Arickaree with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arickaree. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arickaree represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Arickaree detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arickaree: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arickaree: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arickaree: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arickaree: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arickaree detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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