Best PlacesVilla Grove, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Villa Grove, 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.
Villa Grove ranks 46,177th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Villa Grove
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.
Villa Grove's strengths and weaknesses
Where Villa Grove ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Villa Grove ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Villa Grove
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Villa Grove home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $49,722; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Villa Grove's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Villa Grove
Villa Grove 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 Villa Grove.
Who works in Villa Grove, and how
Work in Villa Grove centers on agriculture & forestry and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Villa Grove
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Villa Grove.
What the weather is like in Villa Grove, month by month
Villa Grove sees roughly 133 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 Villa Grove
The nearest airport, Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around Villa Grove
Schools across Villa Grove average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Crested Butte Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Cotopaxi Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Salida Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Gunnison Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Custer Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Gunnison High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Center High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Villa Grove school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Villa Grove 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 Villa Grove against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Villa Grove
Is Villa Grove a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Villa Grove ranks 46,177th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, short commutes, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Villa Grove expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $215,900. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $49,722 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Villa Grove safe?
Villa Grove is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,868 per resident a year.
Compare Villa Grove with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Villa Grove. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Villa Grove 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.
Villa Grove detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Villa Grove: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Villa Grove: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Villa Grove: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Villa Grove: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Villa Grove 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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