Best PlacesPandora, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pandora, 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.
Pandora ranks 32,441st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pandora
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.
Pandora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pandora ranks high
- Short commute6.6 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 181 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
Where Pandora ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,725 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
Who lives in Pandora
Pandora'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 Pandora.
Who works in Pandora, and how
Work in Pandora centers on professional & technical and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 7%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 66%
Life in Pandora
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pandora.
What the weather is like in Pandora, month by month
Pandora sees roughly 181 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 31° |
| July | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| October | 57° | 45° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Pandora
The nearest airport, Telluride Regional, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pandora
Schools across Pandora average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Telluride Intermediate SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Telluride Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Telluride High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pandora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pandora 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 Pandora against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pandora
Is Pandora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pandora ranks 32,441st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, population health, and heat safety, and lowest on an overheated housing market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pandora safe?
Pandora is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,530 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pandora?
July highs average about 76 degrees, and January highs near 35 with lows near 18. That works out to about 181 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of towns.
Compare Pandora with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pandora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pandora 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.
Pandora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pandora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pandora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pandora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pandora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pandora 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.
- 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.