Best PlacesHot Sulphur Springs, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hot Sulphur Springs, 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.
Hot Sulphur Springs ranks 15,640th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hot Sulphur Springs
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.
Hot Sulphur Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hot Sulphur Springs ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$120,284 median, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Hot Sulphur Springs ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 43 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,533 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hot Sulphur Springs
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hot Sulphur Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $120,284, 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 Hot Sulphur Springs' effective rate of 0.22%, 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 Hot Sulphur Springs
Hot Sulphur Springs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hot Sulphur Springs.
Who works in Hot Sulphur Springs, and how
Work in Hot Sulphur Springs centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hot Sulphur Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hot Sulphur Springs.
What the weather is like in Hot Sulphur Springs, month by month
Hot Sulphur Springs sees roughly 43 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 15° | 3° |
| April | 53° | 37° | 23° |
| July | 81° | 61° | 42° |
| October | 58° | 39° | 24° |
Flying in and out of Hot Sulphur Springs
The nearest airport, Eagle County Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hot Sulphur Springs
Schools across Hot Sulphur Springs average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Granby Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- West Grand Elementary And Middle SchoolC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Grand Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Middle Park High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- West Grand High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hot Sulphur Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hot Sulphur Springs 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 Hot Sulphur Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hot Sulphur Springs
Is Hot Sulphur Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hot Sulphur Springs ranks 15,640th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and population health, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hot Sulphur Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $496,028. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $120,284 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Hot Sulphur Springs safe?
Yes, Hot Sulphur Springs is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $330 per resident a year.
Compare Hot Sulphur Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hot Sulphur Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hot Sulphur Springs 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.
Hot Sulphur Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hot Sulphur Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hot Sulphur Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hot Sulphur Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hot Sulphur Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hot Sulphur Springs 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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