Best PlacesFarisita, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Farisita, 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.
Farisita ranks 41,157th 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 Farisita
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.
Farisita's strengths and weaknesses
Where Farisita ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 189 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
Where Farisita ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$43,600 median, better than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Farisita
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Farisita home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $43,600, 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 Farisita's effective rate of 0.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Farisita
Farisita 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 Farisita.
Who works in Farisita, and how
Work in Farisita centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 40%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Farisita
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Farisita.
What the weather is like in Farisita, month by month
Farisita sees roughly 189 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 45° | 34° | 27° |
| July | 70° | 57° | 49° |
| October | 51° | 40° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Farisita
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 153 miles away.
The best schools in and around Farisita
Schools across Farisita average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peakview SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- John Mall Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Farisita school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Farisita 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 Farisita against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Farisita
Is Farisita a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Farisita ranks 41,157th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Farisita expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,828. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $43,600 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Farisita safe?
Farisita is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $854 per resident a year.
Compare Farisita with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Farisita. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Farisita 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.
Farisita detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Farisita: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Farisita: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Farisita: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Farisita: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Farisita 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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