Best PlacesYoder, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yoder, 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.
Yoder ranks 33,395th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Yoder
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.
Yoder's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yoder ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 142 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Yoder ranks low
- Short commute47.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,462 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yoder
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yoder home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $69,836; 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 Yoder's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 Yoder
Yoder 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 Yoder.
Who works in Yoder, and how
Work in Yoder centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Yoder
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yoder.
What the weather is like in Yoder, month by month
Yoder sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 29° | 16° |
| April | 63° | 45° | 30° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 48° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Yoder
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yoder
Schools across Yoder average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miami/yoder Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Calhan Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Ellicott Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ellicott Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Fountain Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Edison Junior-senior High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Fountain-fort Carson High SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Calhan Secondary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yoder school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yoder 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 Yoder against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yoder
Is Yoder a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yoder ranks 33,395th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, heat safety, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yoder expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,433. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $69,836 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Yoder safe?
Yes, Yoder is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Yoder with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yoder. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yoder 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.
Yoder detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yoder: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yoder: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yoder: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yoder: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yoder 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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