Best PlacesYampa, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yampa, 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.
Yampa ranks 27,821st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Yampa
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.
Yampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yampa ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Yampa ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,607 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yampa
A household needs to earn about $117,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,354, 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 Yampa's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yampa
Yampa 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 Yampa.
Who works in Yampa, and how
Work in Yampa centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Yampa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yampa.
What the weather is like in Yampa, month by month
Yampa sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 17° | 7° |
| April | 55° | 39° | 26° |
| July | 85° | 67° | 47° |
| October | 60° | 42° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Yampa
The nearest airport, Yampa Valley, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yampa
Schools across Yampa average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Routt Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Gypsum Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Soroco Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Gypsum Creek Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Soroco High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Eagle Valley High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yampa 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 Yampa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yampa
Is Yampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yampa ranks 27,821st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, heat safety, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $477,038. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $85,354 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Yampa safe?
Yampa is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,014 per resident a year.
Compare Yampa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yampa 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.
Yampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yampa 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.