Best PlacesCahone, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cahone, 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.
Cahone ranks 40,821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cahone
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.
Cahone's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cahone ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
Where Cahone ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cahone
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cahone home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $49,383, 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 Cahone'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cahone
Cahone 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 Cahone.
Who works in Cahone, and how
Work in Cahone centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Cahone
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cahone.
What the weather is like in Cahone, month by month
Cahone sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 27° | 13° |
| April | 68° | 49° | 28° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 53° |
| October | 70° | 49° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Cahone
The nearest airport, Cortez Municipal, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 220 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cahone
Schools across Cahone average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Seventh Street Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Montezuma-cortez Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Monticello HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Montezuma-cortez High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Dolores Secondary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cahone school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cahone 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 Cahone against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cahone
Is Cahone a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cahone ranks 40,821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cahone expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $450,863. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $49,383 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Cahone safe?
Cahone is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $654 per resident a year.
Compare Cahone with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cahone. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cahone 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.
Cahone detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cahone: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cahone: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cahone: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cahone: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cahone 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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