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Country around Craig is a rural area of about 12,307 people in Moffat County, Colorado, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 120 miles from Grand Junction, CO and 164 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 60 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $296k and rent runs about $1k a month.
12,307people
$296kTypical home
$1,046/moRent
84° / 27°Summer / winter
60"Snow
234Sunny days
94Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 12,307 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 8 people per sq mi
- 164 mi to Denver, CO
- 120 mi to Grand Junction, CO
- 50 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $296k (≈$1,863/mo)
- Median rent $1,046/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Dry summers (dew point 39°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 94 days a year with rain or snow
- 60" of snow a year
- 21 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 65 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (265 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (507 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 30% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to HDN airport
- 172 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 83 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 7,162 ft
- 715 mi to the ocean
- 95 mi to a big lake
- 45 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 50 mi to the nearest ski area
- 17 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 9 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
- 103 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 16 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 80 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 47 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 83 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Moffat County: R+63 in 2024
- 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