Best PlacesLas Animas, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Las Animas, 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.
Las Animas ranks 44,611th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Las Animas
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.
Las Animas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Las Animas ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$533 a month, better than 89% of towns
Where Las Animas ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Las Animas
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Las Animas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,323, 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 Las Animas' effective rate of 0.33%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Las Animas
Las Animas'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 Las Animas.
Who works in Las Animas, and how
Work in Las Animas centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Las Animas
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Las Animas.
What the weather is like in Las Animas, month by month
Las Animas sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 31° | 16° |
| April | 74° | 54° | 36° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 63° |
| October | 75° | 55° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Las Animas
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 147 miles away.
The best schools in and around Las Animas
Schools across Las Animas average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kim Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Mcclave Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Las Animas Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Las Animas Junior High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Lamar Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Mcclave Undivided High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Las Animas High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Lamar High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Las Animas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Las Animas 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 Las Animas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Las Animas
Is Las Animas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Las Animas ranks 44,611th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, transit, and low property taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Las Animas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,089. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $49,323 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Las Animas safe?
Las Animas is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $789 per resident a year.
Compare Las Animas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Las Animas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Las Animas 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.
Las Animas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Las Animas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Las Animas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Las Animas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Las Animas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Las Animas 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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