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Best value cities in Colorado

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Pueblo, CO112k residents

    71/100

    cost of living index: 91 · median home price: $247,200 · median household income: $56,664

  2. 2.Pueblo West, CO36k residents

    68/100

    cost of living index: 101 · median home price: $397,000 · median household income: $96,810

  3. 3.Grand Junction, CO68k residents

    67/100

    cost of living index: 99 · median home price: $389,800 · median household income: $70,080

  4. 4.Fountain, CO29k residents

    67/100

    cost of living index: 101 · median home price: $398,000 · median household income: $86,242

  5. 5.Greeley, CO111k residents

    63/100

    cost of living index: 104 · median home price: $402,500 · median household income: $69,881

  6. 6.Security-Widefield, CO37k residents

    63/100

    cost of living index: 105 · median home price: $387,500 · median household income: $91,142

  7. 7.Colorado Springs, CO488k residents

    62/100

    cost of living index: 99 · median home price: $450,000 · median household income: $75,000

  8. 8.Loveland, CO78k residents

    60/100

    cost of living index: 110 · median home price: $479,000 · median household income: $84,604

  9. 9.Commerce City, CO66k residents

    59/100

    cost of living index: 114 · median home price: $499,700 · median household income: $111,972

  10. 10.Windsor, CO38k residents

    58/100

    cost of living index: 119 · median home price: $604,000 · median household income: $127,028

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is the best value in Colorado?
Pueblo, CO ranks first with a fit score of 71/100, followed by Pueblo West (68) and Grand Junction (67), using the "Best value" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.