Best PlacesKarval, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Karval, 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.
Karval ranks 39,720th 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 Karval
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.
Karval's strengths and weaknesses
Where Karval ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 64% of towns
Where Karval ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Karval
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Karval home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,846, 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 Karval's effective rate of 0.39%, 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 Karval
Karval 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 Karval.
Who works in Karval, and how
Work in Karval centers on agriculture & forestry and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Karval
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Karval.
What the weather is like in Karval, month by month
Karval sees roughly 141 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 Karval
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Karval
Schools across Karval average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crowley County Elementary K-6D+ · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Karval school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Karval 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 Karval against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Karval
Is Karval a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Karval ranks 39,720th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and low property taxes, 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 Karval expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,100. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $53,846 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Karval safe?
Karval is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $664 per resident a year.
Compare Karval with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Karval. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Karval 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.
Karval detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Karval: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Karval: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Karval: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Karval: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Karval 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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