Best PlacesLascar, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lascar, 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.
Lascar ranks 46,754th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lascar
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.
Lascar's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lascar ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 177 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 75% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 73% of towns
Where Lascar ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$42,391 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lascar
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lascar home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $42,391, 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 Lascar's effective rate of 0.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lascar
Lascar 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 Lascar.
Who works in Lascar, and how
Work in Lascar centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Lascar
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lascar.
What the weather is like in Lascar, month by month
Lascar sees roughly 177 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 Lascar
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lascar
Schools across Lascar average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peakview SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- John Mall Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lascar school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lascar 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 Lascar against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lascar
Is Lascar a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lascar ranks 46,754th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lascar expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $412,500. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $42,391 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Lascar safe?
Lascar is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $885 per resident a year.
Compare Lascar with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lascar. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lascar 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.
Lascar detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lascar: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lascar: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lascar: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lascar: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lascar 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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