Best PlacesGoodale, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goodale, 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.
Goodale ranks 36,927th 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 Goodale
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.
Goodale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goodale ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute17.8 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$557 a month, better than 86% of towns
Where Goodale ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goodale
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goodale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,575, 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 Goodale's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goodale
Goodale's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goodale.
Who works in Goodale, and how
Work in Goodale centers on agriculture & forestry and other services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Goodale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goodale.
What the weather is like in Goodale, month by month
Goodale sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 29° | 13° |
| April | 74° | 53° | 35° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 62° |
| October | 75° | 54° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Goodale
The nearest airport, Garden City Regional, is about 95 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goodale
Schools across Goodale average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Granada Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lamar Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Lamar High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Granada Undivided High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goodale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goodale 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 Goodale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goodale
Is Goodale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goodale ranks 36,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, short commutes, and low property taxes, and lowest on tree cover and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goodale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,098. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $56,575 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Goodale safe?
Goodale is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $652 per resident a year.
Compare Goodale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goodale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goodale 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.
Goodale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goodale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goodale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goodale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goodale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goodale 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.