Best PlacesPowers, Colorado Springs, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Powers, Colorado Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Powers, Colorado Springs ranks 2,373rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on heat safety and low property taxes. The weaker spots are state finances, air quality, and transit.
The best neighborhoods in Powers, Colorado Springs
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.
Powers, Colorado Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Powers, Colorado Springs lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Heat safety is the standout, in the top 2% of neighborhoods. Low property taxes and few empty homes follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. State finances, air quality, and transit hold the score down. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Powers, Colorado Springs ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Powers, Colorado Springs ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD+, better than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,474 a month, better than only 23% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Powers, Colorado Springs
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Powers, Colorado Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $91,372; 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 Powers, Colorado Springs' effective rate of 0.41%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Powers, Colorado Springs
Powers, Colorado Springs runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Powers, Colorado Springs.
Who works in Powers, Colorado Springs, and how
Work in Powers, Colorado Springs centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Powers, Colorado Springs
Powers, Colorado Springs has more parkland per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Powers, Colorado Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Powers, Colorado Springs, month by month
Powers, Colorado Springs sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 32° | 18° |
| April | 66° | 49° | 33° |
| July | 90° | 73° | 57° |
| October | 70° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Powers, Colorado Springs
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 68 miles away.
The best schools in and around Powers, Colorado Springs
Schools across Powers, Colorado Springs average a D+, better than 21% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Scott Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Rudy Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Discovery Canyon Campus Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- James Irwin Charter Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Skyview Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Pikes Peak Early CollegeA · 75% proficient
- Discovery Canyon Campus High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- James Irwin Charter High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Powers, Colorado Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Powers, Colorado Springs 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 Powers, Colorado Springs against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Powers, Colorado Springs suits
Families
Schools land around the 21st percentile and crime safety beats 79%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of neighborhoods and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 64% of neighborhoods and it is quieter than 55%.
Common questions about living in Powers, Colorado Springs
Is Powers, Colorado Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Powers, Colorado Springs ranks 2,373rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on state finances and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Powers, Colorado Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $411,671. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $91,372 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Powers, Colorado Springs safe?
Yes, Powers, Colorado Springs is safer than 79% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Powers, Colorado Springs?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 18. That works out to about 123 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of neighborhoods.
Is Powers, Colorado Springs good for families?
Schools beat 21% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $1,474 a month.
Is Powers, Colorado Springs good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of neighborhoods, though advertised internet speeds beat only 58% of neighborhoods. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Powers, Colorado Springs with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Powers, Colorado Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Powers, Colorado Springs 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.
Powers, Colorado Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Powers, Colorado Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Powers, Colorado Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Powers, Colorado Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Powers, Colorado Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Powers, Colorado Springs 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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