Best PlacesRed Feather Lakes, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Feather Lakes, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Red Feather Lakes ranks 21,644th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Red Feather Lakes
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.
Red Feather Lakes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Feather Lakes ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
- Household income$103,774 median, better than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 133 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Red Feather Lakes ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute48.3 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,660 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Feather Lakes
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Feather Lakes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $103,774, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Red Feather Lakes' effective rate of 0.50%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Red Feather Lakes
Red Feather Lakes 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 Red Feather Lakes.
Who works in Red Feather Lakes, and how
Work in Red Feather Lakes centers on real estate and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Red Feather Lakes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Feather Lakes.
What the weather is like in Red Feather Lakes, month by month
Red Feather Lakes sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 21° | 8° |
| April | 56° | 39° | 23° |
| July | 85° | 67° | 48° |
| October | 60° | 43° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Red Feather Lakes
The nearest airport, Laramie Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Feather Lakes
Schools across Red Feather Lakes average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Traut Core Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Psd Mountain SchoolsB · 50% proficient
- Harris Bilingual Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kinard Core Knowledge Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Cache La Poudre Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Poudre High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Feather Lakes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Feather Lakes 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 Red Feather Lakes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Feather Lakes
Is Red Feather Lakes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Feather Lakes ranks 21,644th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, an educated workforce, and population health, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Feather Lakes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $498,178. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $103,774 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Red Feather Lakes safe?
Red Feather Lakes is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $407 per resident a year.
Compare Red Feather Lakes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Feather Lakes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Feather Lakes 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.
Red Feather Lakes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Feather Lakes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Feather Lakes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Feather Lakes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Feather Lakes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Feather Lakes 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.
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