Best PlacesHugo, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hugo, 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.
Hugo ranks 34,961st 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 Hugo
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.
Hugo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hugo ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Short commute19.8 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
Where Hugo ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
- Household income$52,505 median, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hugo
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hugo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $52,505, 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 Hugo's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hugo
Hugo runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Hugo.
Who works in Hugo, and how
Work in Hugo centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hugo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hugo.
What the weather is like in Hugo, month by month
Hugo sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 9. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 25° | 9° |
| April | 65° | 46° | 27° |
| July | 91° | 72° | 54° |
| October | 69° | 47° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Hugo
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 69 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hugo
Schools across Hugo average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hugo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hugo 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 Hugo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hugo
Is Hugo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hugo ranks 34,961st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hugo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,317. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $52,505 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Hugo safe?
Hugo is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $547 per resident a year.
Compare Hugo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hugo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hugo 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.
Hugo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hugo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hugo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hugo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hugo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hugo 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.