The 15 Best Small Cities to Call Home in Colorado

When selecting a place to call home, some love the feel of a big city while others are more comfortable in smaller towns. Wallethub.com asked readers what they prefer. 31% of Americans said they would like to live in the suburbs, 24% said rural communities and 16% said urban areas.

What followed was a huge list of some of the best places to live in America with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 residents. Please keep reading to zoom in on all 15 Colorado communities that made the list of the best small cities to call home.

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WalletHub's Best Small Cities

To better understand Wallethub's ranking of the best small cities to call home in America, it's important to know how to read the scorecard for each location. All 1300 cities are ranked by percentile, and an overall score based on their ranking in five categories (Affordability, Economy, Education & Health, Quality of Life, and Safety). Each category was worth a maximum of 20 points. The 99th percentile would represent the top 1% of small cities.

Best Small Cities in Colorado

The best small cities one can call home in the state of Colorado include Northglenn, Brighton, Fountain, Commerce City, Englewood, Grand Junction, Wheat Ridge, Longmont, Loveland, Lafayette, Broomfield, Windsor, Littleton, Parker, and Castle Rock. See how each location scored in the gallery below.

Highest Scores for Quality of Life

We love that our fine city of Grand Junction was given the second-highest score for overall quality of life in Colorado. This earned Mesa County's largest community the ranking of the 10th best overall small city in the Centennial State. Check out the full listing below to see the other communities that are all some of the best places to call home in Colorado.

The 15 Best Small Cities to Call Home in Colorado

A new study from WalletHub.com has identified the top 1300 small cities nationwide to call home. We're focused on each community in Colorado that made the list. Find the 15 most affordable cities offering the highest quality of life in the Centennial State below.

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The Good Life: The 10 Safest Places to Live in Colorado

Where are the safest places to live in the state of Colorado? The website Property Club has factored in population, crime rate, and the cost of housing to come up with the top ten safest places one could live in Colorado. Keep going to find out where some of the safest places are in the Centennial State.

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MORE: See the Top 25 Safest Car Brands in Colorado

With all the vehicles on the highway in Colorado, have you ever wondered how your car ranks for safety compared to everyone else? Keep going to see the 25 safest car brands on the market in Colorado, and how often these brands are involved in fatal crashes.

Colorado's safest cars are ranked using data from National Highway Safety Administration Data from 2011 to 2020.

Gallery Credit: Wesley Adams