Best PlacesPueblo County, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Pueblo County, 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.
Pueblo County ranks 1,800th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on air quality and state finances. It does better on transit, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Pueblo County
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 County's strengths and weaknesses
Pueblo County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Transit, biking, and cell coverage carry most of that.
The one real hole is air quality, near the bottom of the country. State finances and the schools also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Pueblo County ranks high
- TransitBetter than 94% of counties
- BikingBetter than 92% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of counties
Where Pueblo County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 8% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,064 a month, better than only 14% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Pueblo County
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pueblo County 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 County'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 County
Pueblo County'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 County.
Who works in Pueblo County, and how
Work in Pueblo County 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 County
Pueblo County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Pueblo County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Pueblo County growing, and who is moving in?
Pueblo County 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 County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Pueblo County, month by month
Pueblo County 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 County
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 8 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 County
Schools across Pueblo County average a D+, better than 8% of counties.
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
- Beulah Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Corwin International Magnet SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Pueblo County High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Swallows Charter Academy High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Rye High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pueblo County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pueblo County 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 County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Pueblo County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Pueblo County
Is Pueblo County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pueblo County ranks 1,800th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pueblo County 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 52% of counties.
Is Pueblo County safe?
Pueblo County is safer than 19% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $684 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pueblo County?
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 88% of counties.
Is Pueblo County good for families?
Schools beat 8% of counties, crime safety beats 19%, and childcare runs $1,064 a month.
Is Pueblo County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 52% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 69% of counties. About 9% of workers already work from home.
Compare Pueblo County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pueblo County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pueblo County 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 County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pueblo County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pueblo County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pueblo County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pueblo County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pueblo County 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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