Best PlacesCornish, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cornish, 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.
Cornish ranks 41,118th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cornish
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.
Cornish's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cornish ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 75% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 73% of towns
Where Cornish ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cornish
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cornish home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,431, 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 Cornish's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 Cornish
Cornish runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cornish.
Who works in Cornish, and how
Work in Cornish centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cornish
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cornish.
What the weather is like in Cornish, month by month
Cornish sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 25° | 10° |
| April | 67° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 94° | 74° | 57° |
| October | 69° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Cornish
The nearest airport, Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cornish
Schools across Cornish average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Galeton Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Platte Valley Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eaton Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Platte Valley Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
- Highland Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Platte Valley High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Eaton High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Wiggins High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cornish school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cornish 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 Cornish against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cornish
Is Cornish a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cornish ranks 41,118th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on crime and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cornish expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $463,300. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $74,431 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Cornish safe?
Cornish is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,405 per resident a year.
Compare Cornish with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cornish. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cornish 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.
Cornish detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cornish: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cornish: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cornish: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cornish: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cornish 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.