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Yuma is a small town of 3,459 people in Yuma County, Colorado. It's about 110 miles from Greeley, CO and 117 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 23 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $166k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,459people
$166kTypical home
$1,040/moRent
92° / 43°Summer / winter
23"Snow
274Sunny days
65Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,459
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,057 people per sq mi
- 117 mi to Denver, CO
- 110 mi to Greeley, CO
- 43 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $166k (≈$1,044/mo)
- Median rent $1,040/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 43°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
- 65 days a year with rain or snow
- 23" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 10 days a year over 100°F
- 23 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (121 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (431 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 29% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 11% walk or take transit to work
- 105 mi to DEN airport
- 105 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 58 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1958
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,121 ft
- 837 mi to the ocean
- 89 mi to a big lake
- 110 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 152 mi to the nearest ski area
- 58 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 7 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 105 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 26 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 58 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 62 mi to the nearest vet
- 50 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 93 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Yuma County: R+65 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