Best PlacesCrisman, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crisman, 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.
Crisman ranks 20,500th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crisman
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.
Crisman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crisman ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
Where Crisman ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,834 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crisman
A household needs to earn about $221,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crisman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $137,891, 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 Crisman's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Crisman
Crisman'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 Crisman.
Who works in Crisman, and how
Work in Crisman centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Crisman
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crisman.
What the weather is like in Crisman, month by month
Crisman sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 64° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Crisman
Denver International sits about 38 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 Crisman
Schools across Crisman average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pioneer Bilingual Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Casey Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- New Vista High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crisman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crisman 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 Crisman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crisman
Is Crisman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crisman ranks 20,500th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crisman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $876,200. The overall cost of living runs about 44% above the national average. Set against a $137,891 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Crisman safe?
Crisman is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $735 per resident a year.
Compare Crisman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crisman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crisman 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.
Crisman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crisman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crisman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crisman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crisman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crisman 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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