Best PlacesWelty, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Welty, 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.
Welty ranks 6,799th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Welty
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.
Welty's strengths and weaknesses
Where Welty ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$127,422 median, better than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Welty ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Welty
A household needs to earn about $217,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Welty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $127,422, 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 Welty's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Welty
Welty 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 Welty.
Who works in Welty, and how
Work in Welty centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Welty
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Welty.
What the weather is like in Welty, month by month
Welty sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 28° | 15° |
| April | 66° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 56° |
| October | 69° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Welty
Denver International sits about 37 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Welty
Schools across Welty average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Berthoud Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Ivy Stockwell Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Winona Elementary SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Turner Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Conrad Ball Middle SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Berthoud High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Mountain View High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Welty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Welty 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 Welty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Welty
Is Welty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Welty ranks 6,799th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Welty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $874,500. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $127,422 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Welty safe?
Yes, Welty is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Welty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Welty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Welty 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.
Welty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Welty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Welty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Welty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Welty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Welty 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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