Best PlacesRoberta, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roberta, 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.
Roberta ranks 32,132nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Roberta
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.
Roberta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roberta ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$555 a month, better than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
Where Roberta ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roberta
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roberta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,892, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Roberta's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roberta
Roberta runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Roberta.
Who works in Roberta, and how
Work in Roberta 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 74%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Roberta
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roberta.
What the weather is like in Roberta, month by month
Roberta sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 31° | 16° |
| April | 74° | 54° | 36° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 63° |
| October | 75° | 55° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Roberta
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roberta
Schools across Roberta average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Swink Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Swink Junior-senior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Rocky Ford Junior/senior High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roberta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roberta 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 Roberta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roberta
Is Roberta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roberta ranks 32,132nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roberta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,057. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $64,892 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Roberta safe?
Roberta is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare Roberta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roberta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roberta 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.
Roberta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roberta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roberta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roberta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roberta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roberta 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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