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Hot Sulphur Springs is a small town of 1,108 people in Grand County, Colorado. It's about 45 miles from Boulder, CO and 68 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 26°F, with about 83 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $390k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,108people
$390kTypical home
$1,484/moRent
79° / 26°Summer / winter
83"Snow
240Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,108
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,441 people per sq mi
- 68 mi to Denver, CO
- 45 mi to Boulder, CO
- 42 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $390k (≈$2,459/mo)
- Median rent $1,484/mo
- Median household income $107k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 26°F
- Dry summers (dew point 37°F)
- 240 sunny days a year (79 totally clear)
- 125 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 83" of snow a year
- 36 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 89 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (296 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (333 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 27% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 31% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to EGE airport
- 77 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 7,704 ft
- 727 mi to the ocean
- 14 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 10 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 58 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 31 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 17% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 43 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grand County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk