Best PlacesGypsum, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gypsum, 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.
Gypsum ranks 16,407th 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 Gypsum
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.
Gypsum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gypsum ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
Where Gypsum ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,488 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gypsum
A household needs to earn about $168,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gypsum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,610, 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 Gypsum's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Gypsum
Gypsum 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 Gypsum.
Who works in Gypsum, and how
Work in Gypsum centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gypsum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gypsum.
What the weather is like in Gypsum, month by month
Gypsum sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 21° | 11° |
| April | 61° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 88° | 70° | 52° |
| October | 64° | 45° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Gypsum
The nearest airport, Eagle County Regional, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gypsum
Schools across Gypsum average a D+, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brush Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Stone Creek SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Red Hill Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Valley Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Glenwood Springs Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Gypsum Creek Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Eagle Valley High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gypsum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gypsum 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 Gypsum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gypsum
Is Gypsum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gypsum ranks 16,407th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low disaster risk, and population health, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gypsum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $672,346. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $115,610 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Gypsum safe?
Gypsum is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $712 per resident a year.
Compare Gypsum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gypsum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gypsum 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.
Gypsum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gypsum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gypsum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gypsum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gypsum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gypsum 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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