Best PlacesBuckskin Joe, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Buckskin Joe, 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.
Buckskin Joe ranks 34,344th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Buckskin Joe
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.
Buckskin Joe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Buckskin Joe ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 75% of towns
Where Buckskin Joe ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Buckskin Joe
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Buckskin Joe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,441, 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 Buckskin Joe's effective rate of 0.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Buckskin Joe
Buckskin Joe runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Buckskin Joe.
Who works in Buckskin Joe, and how
Work in Buckskin Joe centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Buckskin Joe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Buckskin Joe.
What the weather is like in Buckskin Joe, month by month
Buckskin Joe sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Buckskin Joe
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Buckskin Joe
Schools across Buckskin Joe average a B, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Canon Exploratory SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Fremont Elementary SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Cotopaxi Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crest AcademyA+ · 75% proficient
- Canon City Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Salida High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Canon City High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Florence Jr./sr. High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Buckskin Joe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Buckskin Joe 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 Buckskin Joe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Buckskin Joe
Is Buckskin Joe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Buckskin Joe ranks 34,344th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, quiet, and heat safety, and lowest on air quality and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Buckskin Joe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $483,057. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $79,441 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Buckskin Joe safe?
Buckskin Joe is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $815 per resident a year.
Compare Buckskin Joe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Buckskin Joe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Buckskin Joe 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.
Buckskin Joe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Buckskin Joe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Buckskin Joe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Buckskin Joe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Buckskin Joe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Buckskin Joe 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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