Living in Country around Antonito, CO
Country around Antonito is a rural area of about 1,832 people in Conejos County, Colorado, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 106 miles from Farmington, NM and 194 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 72°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 52 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $188k and rent runs about $813 a month.
1,832people
$188kTypical home
$813/moRent
72° / 28°Summer / winter
52"Snow
298Sunny days
122Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,832 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2 people per sq mi
- 194 mi to Denver, CO
- 106 mi to Farmington, NM
- 84 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $188k (≈$1,187/mo)
- Median rent $813/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 72°F
- Winter highs around 28°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 298 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 67 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 122 days a year with rain or snow
- 52" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 76 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (93 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 23% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to ALS airport
- 143 mi to COS (major hub)
- 101 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 76% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 9,928 ft
- 565 mi to the ocean
- 164 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3 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
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 64 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 1% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 21 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 33 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 84 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 22 mi to the nearest vet
- 32 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Conejos County: R+18 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk