Best PlacesPueblo, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Pueblo metro, 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.
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Pueblo ranks 327th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on the schools and air quality. It does better on low property taxes, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Pueblo metro
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.
Pueblo's strengths and weaknesses
Pueblo ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Low property taxes, the weather, and cell coverage carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: the schools, air quality, and state finances all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Pueblo ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of metro areas
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of metro areas
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of metro areas
- TransitBetter than 77% of metro areas
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of metro areas
Where Pueblo ranks low
- School gradeD+, better than only 2% of metro areas
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of metro areas
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of metro areas
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Pueblo
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pueblo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,589; 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 Pueblo'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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pueblo
Pueblo's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pueblo.
Who works in Pueblo, and how
Work in Pueblo 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 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pueblo
Pueblo has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas. That concentrates in some parts of Pueblo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Pueblo growing, and who is moving in?
Pueblo has grown about 5% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Denver, CO.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Pueblo go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Pueblo, month by month
Pueblo sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 31° | 15° |
| April | 73° | 53° | 34° |
| July | 97° | 78° | 61° |
| October | 75° | 54° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Pueblo
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pueblo
Schools across Pueblo average a D+, better than 2% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Fountain International Magnet SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Villa Bella Expeditionary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- The Connect Charter SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Corwin International Magnet SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Pleasant View Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Fountain-fort Carson High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Rye High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Pueblo West High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pueblo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pueblo 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 Pueblo against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Pueblo suits
Common questions about living in Pueblo
Is Pueblo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pueblo ranks 327th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on low property taxes, the weather, and cell coverage, and lowest on the schools and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pueblo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,296. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $69,589 median income, cost of living beats 26% of metro areas.
Is Pueblo safe?
Pueblo is safer than 11% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $684 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pueblo?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 15. That works out to about 141 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of metro areas.
Is Pueblo good for families?
Schools beat 2% of metro areas, crime safety beats 11%, and childcare runs $1,064 a month.
Is Pueblo good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 26% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 31% of metro areas. About 9% of workers already work from home.
Compare Pueblo with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pueblo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pueblo 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.
Pueblo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pueblo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pueblo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pueblo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pueblo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pueblo 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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