Best PlacesTanglewood Acres, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tanglewood Acres, 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.
Tanglewood Acres ranks 36,326th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tanglewood Acres
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.
Tanglewood Acres' strengths and weaknesses
Where Tanglewood Acres ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
Where Tanglewood Acres ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tanglewood Acres
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tanglewood Acres home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,694, 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 Tanglewood Acres' effective rate of 0.31%, 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 Tanglewood Acres
Tanglewood Acres 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 Tanglewood Acres.
Who works in Tanglewood Acres, and how
Work in Tanglewood Acres centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Tanglewood Acres
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tanglewood Acres.
What the weather is like in Tanglewood Acres, month by month
Tanglewood Acres sees roughly 151 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 22° | 11° |
| April | 59° | 43° | 29° |
| July | 82° | 66° | 51° |
| October | 62° | 46° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Tanglewood Acres
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tanglewood Acres
Schools across Tanglewood Acres average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Custer County Elementary SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Custer Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Custer County High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tanglewood Acres school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tanglewood Acres 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 Tanglewood Acres against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tanglewood Acres
Is Tanglewood Acres a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tanglewood Acres ranks 36,326th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tanglewood Acres expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $485,185. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $56,694 median income, cost of living beats 29% of towns.
Is Tanglewood Acres safe?
Tanglewood Acres is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $751 per resident a year.
Compare Tanglewood Acres with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tanglewood Acres. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tanglewood Acres 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.
Tanglewood Acres detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tanglewood Acres: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tanglewood Acres: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tanglewood Acres: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tanglewood Acres: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tanglewood Acres 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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