Best PlacesCanon City, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canon City, 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.
Canon City ranks 26,067th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Canon City
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.
Canon City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Canon City ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Canon City ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Canon City
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canon City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,603, 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 Canon City's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 Canon City
Canon City 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 Canon City.
Who works in Canon City, and how
Work in Canon City centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Canon City
Canon City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Canon City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Canon City, month by month
Canon City sees roughly 84 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 Canon City
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canon City
Schools across Canon City average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Canon Exploratory SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Mount View Core Knowledge Charter SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crest AcademyA+ · 75% proficient
- Canon City Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Custer Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Salida High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Custer County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Canon City High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canon City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canon City 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 Canon City against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Canon City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Canon City
Is Canon City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canon City ranks 26,067th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, biking, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Canon City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $334,391. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $65,603 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Canon City safe?
Canon City is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $485 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Canon City?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 22. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 52% of towns.
Is Canon City good for families?
Schools beat 26% of towns, crime safety beats 39%, and childcare runs $903 a month.
Compare Canon City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canon City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canon City 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.
Canon City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canon City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canon City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canon City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canon City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canon City 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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