Best PlacesCascade-Chipita Park, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cascade-Chipita Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cascade-Chipita Park ranks 22,857th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cascade-Chipita Park
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.
Cascade-Chipita Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cascade-Chipita Park ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
- Household income$109,806 median, better than 90% of towns
Where Cascade-Chipita Park ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,474 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cascade-Chipita Park
A household needs to earn about $183,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cascade-Chipita Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $109,806, 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 Cascade-Chipita Park's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Cascade-Chipita Park
Cascade-Chipita Park 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 Cascade-Chipita Park.
Who works in Cascade-Chipita Park, and how
Work in Cascade-Chipita Park centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cascade-Chipita Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cascade-Chipita Park.
What the weather is like in Cascade-Chipita Park, month by month
Cascade-Chipita Park sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 29° | 14° |
| April | 63° | 45° | 29° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 53° |
| October | 67° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Cascade-Chipita Park
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 66 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cascade-Chipita Park
Schools across Cascade-Chipita Park average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Columbine Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Ute Pass Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Summit Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodland Park Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Manitou Springs Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Manitou Springs High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Woodland Park High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cascade-Chipita Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cascade-Chipita Park 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 Cascade-Chipita Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cascade-Chipita Park
Is Cascade-Chipita Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cascade-Chipita Park ranks 22,857th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, an educated workforce, and civic engagement, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cascade-Chipita Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $739,791. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $109,806 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Cascade-Chipita Park safe?
Cascade-Chipita Park is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $398 per resident a year.
Compare Cascade-Chipita Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cascade-Chipita Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cascade-Chipita Park 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.
Cascade-Chipita Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cascade-Chipita Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cascade-Chipita Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cascade-Chipita Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cascade-Chipita Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cascade-Chipita Park 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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