Living in Ordway, CO
Ordway is a small town of 1,528 people in Crowley County, Colorado. It's about 46 miles from Pueblo, CO and 122 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $104k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,528people
$104kTypical home
$1,036/moRent
94° / 45°Summer / winter
14"Snow
297Sunny days
37Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,528
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,982 people per sq mi
- 122 mi to Denver, CO
- 46 mi to Pueblo, CO
- 46 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $104k (≈$658/mo)
- Median rent $1,036/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Dry summers (dew point 50°F)
- 297 sunny days a year (119 totally clear)
- 68 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 37 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 22 days a year over 100°F
- 35 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (106 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (248 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 42% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to PUB airport
- 65 mi to COS (major hub)
- 20 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,321 ft
- 718 mi to the ocean
- 172 mi to a big lake
- 40 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 96 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 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
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 41 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 17% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 30 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 53 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 18 mi to the nearest vet
- 49 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Crowley County: R+47 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk