Best PlacesUcolo, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ucolo, 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.
Ucolo ranks 18,250th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ucolo
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.
Ucolo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ucolo ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 184 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
Where Ucolo ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ucolo
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ucolo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,393, 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 Ucolo's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ucolo
Ucolo runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ucolo.
Who works in Ucolo, and how
Work in Ucolo centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Ucolo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ucolo.
What the weather is like in Ucolo, month by month
Ucolo sees roughly 184 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 66° | 51° | 37° |
| July | 92° | 77° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Ucolo
The nearest airport, Cortez Municipal, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ucolo
Schools across Ucolo average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blanding SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Seventh Street Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert R. Lyman MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Monticello HighB+ · 57% proficient
- San Juan HighC · 32% proficient
- Dove Creek High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ucolo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ucolo 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 Ucolo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ucolo
Is Ucolo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ucolo ranks 18,250th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and heat safety, and lowest on an overheated housing market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ucolo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,400. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $88,393 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Ucolo safe?
Yes, Ucolo is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Ucolo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ucolo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ucolo 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.
Ucolo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ucolo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ucolo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ucolo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ucolo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ucolo 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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