Best PlacesIronton, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ironton, 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.
Ironton ranks 23,570th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ironton
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.
Ironton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ironton ranks high
- Short commute10.7 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
Where Ironton ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,392 a month, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ironton
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ironton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,324, 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 Ironton's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 Ironton
Ironton 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 Ironton.
Who works in Ironton, and how
Work in Ironton centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Ironton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ironton.
What the weather is like in Ironton, month by month
Ironton sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 31° |
| July | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| October | 57° | 45° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Ironton
The nearest airport, Telluride Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 200 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ironton
Schools across Ironton average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ouray Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ouray Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Ouray Senior High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ironton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ironton 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 Ironton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ironton
Is Ironton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ironton ranks 23,570th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, heat safety, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ironton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $499,145. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $83,324 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Ironton safe?
Ironton is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $566 per resident a year.
Compare Ironton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ironton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ironton 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.
Ironton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ironton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ironton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ironton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ironton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ironton 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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