Best PlacesPeetz, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peetz, 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.
Peetz ranks 35,117th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on the weather.
The best neighborhoods in Peetz
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.
Peetz's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peetz ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 82% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 74% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 73% of towns
Where Peetz ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peetz
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peetz home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,226, 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 Peetz's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Peetz
Peetz 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 Peetz.
Who works in Peetz, and how
Work in Peetz centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Peetz
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peetz.
What the weather is like in Peetz, month by month
Peetz sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 27° | 13° |
| April | 64° | 45° | 29° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 56° |
| October | 67° | 48° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Peetz
The nearest airport, Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Regional/Wm B Heilig Field, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Peetz
Schools across Peetz average a C−, better than 29% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Peetz Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sterling Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Sterling High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Peetz Junior-senior High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peetz school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peetz 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 Peetz against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peetz
Is Peetz a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peetz ranks 35,117th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, few empty homes, and population health, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peetz expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,565. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $70,226 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Peetz safe?
Peetz is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $841 per resident a year.
Compare Peetz with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peetz. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peetz 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.
Peetz detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peetz: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peetz: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peetz: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peetz: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peetz 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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