Best PlacesWiggins, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wiggins, 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.
Wiggins ranks 29,873rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wiggins
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.
Wiggins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Wiggins ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
Where Wiggins ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute41.2 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wiggins
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wiggins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,237, 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 Wiggins' 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 Wiggins
Wiggins runs younger 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 Wiggins.
Who works in Wiggins, and how
Work in Wiggins centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wiggins
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wiggins.
What the weather is like in Wiggins, month by month
Wiggins sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 27° | 15° |
| April | 66° | 48° | 33° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 60° |
| October | 68° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Wiggins
Denver International sits about 39 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 Wiggins
Schools across Wiggins average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Byers Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Strasburg Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Wiggins Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hemphill Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Wiggins Middle SchoolD− · 17% proficient
- Fort Morgan Middle SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Strasburg High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Byers Junior-senior High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Wiggins High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wiggins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wiggins 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 Wiggins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wiggins
Is Wiggins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wiggins ranks 29,873rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, a strong job market, and few empty homes, 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 Wiggins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $418,666. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $85,237 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Wiggins safe?
Wiggins is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $545 per resident a year.
Compare Wiggins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wiggins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wiggins 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.
Wiggins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wiggins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wiggins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wiggins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wiggins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wiggins 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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