Living in Holyoke, CO
Holyoke is a small town of 2,382 people in Phillips County, Colorado. It's about 131 miles from Greeley, CO and 148 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 30 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $259k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,382people
$259kTypical home
$1,077/moRent
88° / 42°Summer / winter
30"Snow
274Sunny days
78Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,382
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 963 people per sq mi
- 148 mi to Denver, CO
- 131 mi to Greeley, CO
- 47 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $259k (≈$1,633/mo)
- Median rent $1,077/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 274 sunny days a year (100 totally clear)
- 91 cloudy days a year
- 31 of 90 winter days are gray
- 78 days a year with rain or snow
- 30" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 29 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (21 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (112 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 30% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 92 mi to LBF airport
- 135 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 83 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 3,737 ft
- 852 mi to the ocean
- 52 mi to a big lake
- 135 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 179 mi to the nearest ski area
- 34 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 126 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 18 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 86 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 51 mi to the nearest vet
- 50 mi to the nearest dog park
- 20 congregations per 10k people
- 55 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Phillips County: R+63 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
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk