Best PlacesKit Carson, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kit Carson, 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.
Kit Carson ranks 28,172nd 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 Kit Carson
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.
Kit Carson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kit Carson ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.7 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
Where Kit Carson ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kit Carson
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kit Carson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,931, 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 Kit Carson's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kit Carson
Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson.
Who works in Kit Carson, and how
Work in Kit Carson centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kit Carson
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kit Carson.
What the weather is like in Kit Carson, month by month
Kit Carson sees roughly 131 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 Kit Carson
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 99 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kit Carson
Schools across Kit Carson average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eads Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Cheyenne Wells Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eads Middle SchoolA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Eads High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Kit Carson Junior-senior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Cheyenne Wells Junior/high SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kit Carson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kit Carson
Is Kit Carson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kit Carson ranks 28,172nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, short commutes, 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 Kit Carson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $195,151. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $64,931 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Kit Carson safe?
Kit Carson is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $846 per resident a year.
Compare Kit Carson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kit Carson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kit Carson 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.
Kit Carson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kit Carson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kit Carson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kit Carson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kit Carson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kit Carson 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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