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Monte Vista is a small town of 4,141 people in Rio Grande County, Colorado. It's about 97 miles from Pueblo, CO and 166 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 35 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $225k and rent runs about $822 a month.
4,141people
$225kTypical home
$822/moRent
80° / 33°Summer / winter
35"Snow
298Sunny days
65Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,141
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,570 people per sq mi
- 166 mi to Denver, CO
- 97 mi to Pueblo, CO
- 78 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $225k (≈$1,416/mo)
- Median rent $822/mo
- Median household income $62k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 20.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 37°F)
- 298 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 67 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 65 days a year with rain or snow
- 35" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 86 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (189 per 100k)
- High property crime (4,239 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 43% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 37% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 18 mi to ALS airport
- 116 mi to COS (major hub)
- 94 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1961
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 7,678 ft
- 592 mi to the ocean
- 177 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 31 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 80 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 10% of Colorado districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 85 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Rio Grande County: R+23 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.