Best PlacesCreede, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Creede, 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.
Creede ranks 30,905th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Creede
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.
Creede's strengths and weaknesses
Where Creede ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute12.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
Where Creede ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,300 a month, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Creede
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Creede home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,795, 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 Creede's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Creede
Creede 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 Creede.
Who works in Creede, and how
Work in Creede centers on construction and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Creede
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Creede.
What the weather is like in Creede, month by month
Creede sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 62 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 11. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| April | 36° | 28° | 22° |
| July | 62° | 52° | 45° |
| October | 42° | 34° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Creede
The nearest airport, Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 188 miles away.
The best schools in and around Creede
Schools across Creede average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crested Butte Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Del Norte Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gunnison Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Gunnison High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Creede school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Creede 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 Creede against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Creede
Is Creede a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Creede ranks 30,905th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, short commutes, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Creede expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $424,568. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $56,795 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Creede safe?
Creede is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $639 per resident a year.
Compare Creede with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Creede. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Creede 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.
Creede detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Creede: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Creede: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Creede: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Creede: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Creede 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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