Best PlacesCope, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cope, 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.
Cope ranks 30,646th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cope
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.
Cope's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cope ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 71% of towns
Where Cope ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,190 a month, better than only 14% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cope
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cope home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,432, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Cope'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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cope
Cope's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Cope.
Who works in Cope, and how
Work in Cope centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Cope
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cope.
What the weather is like in Cope, month by month
Cope sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 28° | 15° |
| April | 65° | 47° | 32° |
| July | 92° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 69° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Cope
Denver International sits about 94 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cope
Schools across Cope average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top high schools
- Arickaree Undivided High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Idalia Junior-senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cope school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cope 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 Cope against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cope
Is Cope a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cope ranks 30,646th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on tree cover and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cope expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,793. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $62,432 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Cope safe?
Cope is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $579 per resident a year.
Compare Cope with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cope. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cope 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.
Cope detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cope: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cope: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cope: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cope: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cope 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.