Best PlacesJohnson Village, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Johnson Village, 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.
Johnson Village ranks 35,655th 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 Johnson Village
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.
Johnson Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Johnson Village ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute15.4 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
Where Johnson Village ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Johnson Village
A household needs to earn about $137,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Johnson Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,517, 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 Johnson Village'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 Johnson Village
Johnson Village's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Johnson Village.
Who works in Johnson Village, and how
Work in Johnson Village centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Johnson Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Johnson Village.
What the weather is like in Johnson Village, month by month
Johnson Village sees roughly 156 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 78 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 27° | 22° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 32° |
| July | 78° | 64° | 55° |
| October | 56° | 45° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Johnson Village
The nearest airport, Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Johnson Village
Schools across Johnson Village average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Avery/parsons Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buena Vista Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Buena Vista High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Johnson Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Johnson Village 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 Johnson Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Johnson Village
Is Johnson Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Johnson Village ranks 35,655th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, short commutes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on air quality 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 Johnson Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $560,978. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $66,517 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Johnson Village safe?
Johnson Village is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $729 per resident a year.
Compare Johnson Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Johnson Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Johnson Village 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.
Johnson Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Johnson Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Johnson Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Johnson Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Johnson Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Johnson Village 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.