Best PlacesLa Veta, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Veta, 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.
La Veta ranks 33,317th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in La Veta
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.
La Veta's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Veta ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 182 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
Where La Veta ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Veta
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Veta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,285, 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 La Veta's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 La Veta
La Veta 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 La Veta.
Who works in La Veta, and how
Work in La Veta centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in La Veta
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across La Veta.
What the weather is like in La Veta, month by month
La Veta sees roughly 182 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 45° | 34° | 27° |
| July | 70° | 57° | 49° |
| October | 51° | 40° | 32° |
Flying in and out of La Veta
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 165 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Veta
Schools across La Veta average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- La Veta Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Aguilar Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Peakview SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- John Mall Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Aguilar Junior-senior High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- La Veta Junior-senior High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Veta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Veta 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 La Veta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Veta
Is La Veta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Veta ranks 33,317th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, heat safety, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Veta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $398,562. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $54,285 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is La Veta safe?
La Veta is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $792 per resident a year.
Compare La Veta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Veta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Veta 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.
La Veta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Veta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Veta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Veta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Veta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Veta 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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