Best PlacesArriba, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arriba, 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.
Arriba ranks 36,848th 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 Arriba
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.
Arriba's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arriba ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
Where Arriba ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Household income$53,846 median, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Arriba
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arriba home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,846, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Arriba's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Arriba
Arriba runs older than the country, 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 Arriba.
Who works in Arriba, and how
Work in Arriba centers on agriculture & forestry and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Arriba
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Arriba.
What the weather is like in Arriba, month by month
Arriba sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 25° | 9° |
| April | 65° | 46° | 27° |
| July | 91° | 72° | 54° |
| October | 69° | 47° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Arriba
Denver International sits about 83 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 Arriba
Schools across Arriba average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top high schools
- Genoa-hugo SchoolC− · 24% proficient
- Flagler Public SchoolD+ · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arriba school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arriba 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 Arriba against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Arriba
Is Arriba a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arriba ranks 36,848th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arriba expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,100. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $53,846 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Arriba safe?
Arriba is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $664 per resident a year.
Compare Arriba with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arriba. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arriba 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.
Arriba detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arriba: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arriba: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arriba: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arriba: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arriba 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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