Best PlacesPleasant View, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pleasant View, 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.
Pleasant View ranks 26,149th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pleasant View
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.
Pleasant View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pleasant View ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Pleasant View ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pleasant View
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pleasant View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $87,011; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Pleasant View's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pleasant View
Pleasant View 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 Pleasant View.
Who works in Pleasant View, and how
Work in Pleasant View centers on wholesale trade and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pleasant View
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pleasant View.
What the weather is like in Pleasant View, month by month
Pleasant View sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 27° | 13° |
| April | 68° | 49° | 28° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 53° |
| October | 70° | 49° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Pleasant View
The nearest airport, Cortez Municipal, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pleasant View
Schools across Pleasant View average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dolores Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Mancos Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Montezuma-cortez Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Montezuma-cortez High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Mancos High SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Dolores Secondary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pleasant View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pleasant View 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 Pleasant View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pleasant View
Is Pleasant View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pleasant View ranks 26,149th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on distance from a big city and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pleasant View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,518. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $87,011 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Pleasant View safe?
Pleasant View is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $796 per resident a year.
Compare Pleasant View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pleasant View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pleasant View 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.
Pleasant View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pleasant View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pleasant View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pleasant View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pleasant View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pleasant View 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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