Best PlacesMeeker, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meeker, 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.
Meeker ranks 27,614th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Meeker
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.
Meeker's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meeker ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Meeker ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,213 a month, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meeker
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meeker home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,097, 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 Meeker's effective rate of 0.29%, 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 Meeker
Meeker runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Meeker.
Who works in Meeker, and how
Work in Meeker centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Meeker
Meeker has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Meeker and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Meeker, month by month
Meeker sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 20° | 7° |
| April | 61° | 43° | 26° |
| July | 90° | 70° | 49° |
| October | 64° | 44° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Meeker
The nearest airport, Yampa Valley, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Meeker
Schools across Meeker average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meeker Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Parkview Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Barone Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Riverside SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Soroco Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Meeker High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Soroco High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meeker school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meeker 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 Meeker against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Meeker
Is Meeker a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meeker ranks 27,614th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, walkability, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meeker expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $339,881. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $72,097 median income, cost of living beats 49% of towns.
Is Meeker safe?
Meeker is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,147 per resident a year.
Compare Meeker with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meeker. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meeker 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.
Meeker detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meeker: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meeker: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meeker: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meeker: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meeker 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.