Best PlacesAult, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ault, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ault ranks 17,417th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ault
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.
Ault's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ault ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Ault ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ault
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ault home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $98,317; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Ault's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Ault
Ault runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ault.
Who works in Ault, and how
Work in Ault centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ault
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ault.
What the weather is like in Ault, month by month
Ault sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 25° | 10° |
| April | 67° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 94° | 74° | 57° |
| October | 69° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Ault
The nearest airport, Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ault
Schools across Ault average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Benjamin Eaton Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Range View ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Galeton Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Severance Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Eaton Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Highland Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Windsor High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Eaton High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Highland High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ault school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ault 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 Ault against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ault
Is Ault a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ault ranks 17,417th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low property taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ault expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $444,442. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $98,317 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Ault safe?
Ault is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $423 per resident a year.
Compare Ault with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ault. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ault 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.
Ault detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ault: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ault: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ault: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ault: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ault 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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