Best PlacesStratmoor, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stratmoor, 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.
Stratmoor ranks 34,101st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stratmoor
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.
Stratmoor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stratmoor ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of towns
Where Stratmoor ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,474 a month, better than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stratmoor
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stratmoor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $63,048, 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 Stratmoor's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stratmoor
Stratmoor runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stratmoor.
Who works in Stratmoor, and how
Work in Stratmoor centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Stratmoor
Stratmoor has more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Stratmoor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stratmoor, month by month
Stratmoor sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 31° | 22° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 84° | 72° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Stratmoor
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 75 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stratmoor
Schools across Stratmoor average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Creek Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Abrams Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Pinello Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carson Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Sproul Junior High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Fox Meadow Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Fountain-fort Carson High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Widefield High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Career Readiness AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stratmoor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stratmoor 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 Stratmoor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stratmoor
Is Stratmoor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stratmoor ranks 34,101st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, heat safety, and transit, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stratmoor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $326,035. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $63,048 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Stratmoor safe?
Stratmoor is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $676 per resident a year.
Compare Stratmoor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stratmoor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stratmoor 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.
Stratmoor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stratmoor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stratmoor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stratmoor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stratmoor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stratmoor 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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