Best PlacesHomelake, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Homelake, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Homelake ranks 25,018th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Homelake
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.
Homelake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Homelake ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
Where Homelake ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Homelake
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Homelake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,576, 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 Homelake's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 Homelake
Homelake 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 Homelake.
Who works in Homelake, and how
Work in Homelake centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Homelake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Homelake.
What the weather is like in Homelake, month by month
Homelake sees roughly 156 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 Homelake
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Homelake
Schools across Homelake average a D−, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Del Norte Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monte Vista Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Monte Vista Senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Del Norte High Jr./sr. High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Homelake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Homelake 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 Homelake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Homelake
Is Homelake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Homelake ranks 25,018th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on biking and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Homelake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $366,069. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $78,576 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Homelake safe?
Homelake is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $538 per resident a year.
Compare Homelake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Homelake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Homelake 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.
Homelake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Homelake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Homelake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Homelake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Homelake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Homelake 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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