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Battlement Mesa is a big small town of 5,755 people in Garfield County, Colorado. It's about 39 miles from Grand Junction, CO and 168 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 47 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $313k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,755people
$313kTypical home
$1,106/moRent
89° / 36°Summer / winter
47"Snow
269Sunny days
91Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,755
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 516 people per sq mi
- 168 mi to Denver, CO
- 39 mi to Grand Junction, CO
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $313k (≈$1,972/mo)
- Median rent $1,106/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 269 sunny days a year (109 totally clear)
- 96 cloudy days a year
- 33 of 90 winter days are gray
- 91 days a year with rain or snow
- 47" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 38 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (248 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,194 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 34% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 30% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 44 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 36 mi to GJT airport
- 179 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 37 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 59% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1994
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 5,896 ft
- 634 mi to the ocean
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 28 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 23 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 41 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 6% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 13 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 35 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 35 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 37 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Garfield County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk