Best PlacesKirk, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kirk, 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.
Kirk ranks 29,602nd 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 Kirk
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.
Kirk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kirk ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- Short commute22.5 minutes each way, better than 77% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 74% of towns
Where Kirk ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kirk
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kirk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,132, 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 Kirk's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kirk
Kirk runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kirk.
Who works in Kirk, and how
Work in Kirk centers on agriculture & forestry and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Kirk
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kirk.
What the weather is like in Kirk, month by month
Kirk sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 29° | 15° |
| April | 69° | 50° | 33° |
| July | 93° | 76° | 60° |
| October | 72° | 52° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Kirk
Denver International sits about 116 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kirk
Schools across Kirk average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stratton Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Burlington Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Idalia Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stratton Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Yuma Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Burlington Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Arickaree Undivided High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Stratton Senior High SchoolC · 30% proficient
- Yuma High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kirk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kirk 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 Kirk against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kirk
Is Kirk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kirk ranks 29,602nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kirk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $267,484. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $72,132 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Kirk safe?
Kirk is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $678 per resident a year.
Compare Kirk with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kirk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kirk 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.
Kirk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kirk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kirk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kirk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kirk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kirk 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.