Best PlacesTorres, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Torres, 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.
Torres ranks 20,146th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Torres
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.
Torres' strengths and weaknesses
Where Torres ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
Where Torres ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Torres
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Torres home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,334, 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 Torres' effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Torres
Torres's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Torres.
Who works in Torres, and how
Work in Torres centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Torres
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Torres.
What the weather is like in Torres, month by month
Torres sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near -1. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 17° | -1° |
| April | 64° | 45° | 23° |
| July | 86° | 66° | 46° |
| October | 67° | 45° | 24° |
Flying in and out of Torres
The nearest airport, San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman Field, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Torres
Schools across Torres average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sargent Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Bill Metz Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Del Norte Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sargent Junior High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Monte Vista Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Sargent Senior High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Monte Vista Senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Del Norte High Jr./sr. High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Torres school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Torres 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 Torres against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Torres
Is Torres a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Torres ranks 20,146th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, clean air, and the weather, and lowest on state finances and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Torres expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,230. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $81,334 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Torres safe?
Torres is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $597 per resident a year.
Compare Torres with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Torres. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Torres 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.
Torres detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Torres: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Torres: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Torres: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Torres: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Torres 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.