Best PlacesRed Wing, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Wing, 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.
Red Wing ranks 37,351st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Red Wing
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 Wing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Wing ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 181 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Red Wing ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Wing
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Wing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,226, 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 Wing's effective rate of 0.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Red Wing
Red Wing 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 Wing.
Who works in Red Wing, and how
Work in Red Wing centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 35%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Red Wing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Wing.
What the weather is like in Red Wing, month by month
Red Wing sees roughly 181 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 45° | 34° | 27° |
| July | 70° | 57° | 49° |
| October | 51° | 40° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Red Wing
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Wing
Schools across Red Wing average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sangre De Cristo Elementary SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Peakview SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ortega Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Alamosa High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- John Mall Jr/sr High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Wing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Wing 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 Wing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Wing
Is Red Wing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Wing ranks 37,351st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on biking and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Red Wing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,853. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $54,226 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Red Wing safe?
Red Wing is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $823 per resident a year.
Compare Red Wing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Wing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Wing 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 Wing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Wing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Wing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Wing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Wing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Wing 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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