Best PlacesSwallows, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Swallows, 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.
Swallows ranks 11,128th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Swallows
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.
Swallows' strengths and weaknesses
Where Swallows ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 148 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
Where Swallows ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Swallows
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Swallows home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,731, 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 Swallows' effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Swallows
Swallows 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 Swallows.
Who works in Swallows, and how
Work in Swallows centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Swallows
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Swallows.
What the weather is like in Swallows, month by month
Swallows sees roughly 148 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 Swallows
The nearest airport, Pueblo Memorial, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Swallows
Schools across Swallows average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sky View Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Pueblo West High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Swallows school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Swallows 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 Swallows against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Swallows
Is Swallows a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Swallows ranks 11,128th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, civic engagement, and the weather, 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 Swallows expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $414,543. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $104,731 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Swallows safe?
Yes, Swallows is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $309 per resident a year.
Compare Swallows with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Swallows. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Swallows 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.
Swallows detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Swallows: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Swallows: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Swallows: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Swallows: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Swallows 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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