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Burlington is a small town of 3,152 people in Kit Carson County, Colorado. It's about 137 miles from Colorado Springs, CO and 143 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 34 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $208k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,152people
$208kTypical home
$1,154/moRent
90° / 44°Summer / winter
34"Snow
284Sunny days
65Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,152
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,468 people per sq mi
- 143 mi to Denver, CO
- 137 mi to Colorado Springs, CO
- 103 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $208k (≈$1,312/mo)
- Median rent $1,154/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 284 sunny days a year (104 totally clear)
- 81 cloudy days a year
- 30 of 90 winter days are gray
- 65 days a year with rain or snow
- 34" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 6 days a year over 100°F
- 22 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (293 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (679 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 37% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 109 mi to MCK airport
- 134 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 86 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,177 ft
- 777 mi to the ocean
- 136 mi to a big lake
- 73 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 175 mi to the nearest ski area
- 19 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 133 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of Colorado districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 100 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 63 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 14 congregations per 10k people
- 115 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kit Carson County: R+68 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk