Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Mineral County	79.4	92.3	77.3	17.6	85	94.6
2	Hinsdale County	79.3	94	76.3	25.4	80.2	99
3	Custer County	79	92.1	78.2	30.8	77.3	96.1
4	Kiowa County	78.5	86	82.4	20.2	79.3	96.2
5	Cheyenne County	78.3	89.3	83.1	27.6	71.5	97
6	San Juan County	78.2	94	77.1	31.6	75.6	89.3
7	Ouray County	78	94.5	68.3	38.6	86.3	82.3
8	Lincoln County	77.2	91.5	80.6	18.8	72.6	92.6
9	Washington County	76.4	90.8	79.5	25.9	70.8	88
10	Huerfano County	76.3	94.5	84.8	17.4	66.4	75.8
11	Saguache County	76.3	92.7	84.8	18.8	64.7	85.8
12	Dolores County	76.2	95.5	70.1	29.4	76.4	88.7
13	San Miguel County	76	94.9	63.7	35.7	85.4	80.9
14	Sedgwick County	76	89	83.4	17.9	66.7	93.5
15	Bent County	75.9	91.4	82.1	15.5	66.1	94.4
16	Baca County	75.6	90.8	90.7	9.8	61.8	76.9
17	Conejos County	75.6	90.9	87.3	14.2	64.7	77.1
18	Costilla County	74.9	93.6	85.9	7.2	58	93.5
19	Rio Blanco County	74.6	92.6	75.8	30.8	73.7	62.4
20	Gilpin County	74.5	95.8	56.4	41.3	82.2	93.7
21	Lake County	74.3	91.4	62.3	44.5	76.3	94.4
22	Las Animas County	73.9	95.4	79	16.3	64.1	76.4
23	Phillips County	73.9	88.4	78.4	22.8	65.7	87.7
24	Gunnison County	73.5	94.3	64.3	33.9	84.5	55
25	Crowley County	73.2	88.4	80.3	14.4	60.3	96.2
26	Moffat County	73.1	90.2	71.5	29.7	67.7	88
27	Jackson County	72.9	96.5	73	10.7	64.7	88.3
28	Kit Carson County	72.9	87.8	78.9	22.4	68.8	67.5
29	Yuma County	72.7	88.9	78.8	22.6	68.3	63.2
30	Prowers County	72.5	93.1	83.7	21	61.1	51.4
31	Montezuma County	72.1	93.9	77	24.5	66.1	52.4
32	Rio Grande County	72.1	90.6	81.1	24	63.7	54.2
33	Archuleta County	72	92.7	65.2	33.3	75.6	65.5
34	Clear Creek County	71.9	91.7	58.7	46.5	84.4	53.3
35	Montrose County	71.7	92.2	74.6	26.5	69.3	51
36	Alamosa County	71.2	89.8	79.6	17	63.3	59.7
37	Grand County	71.2	92.5	61.4	38.6	80.9	49.8
38	Delta County	71	93.5	74.6	21.5	67.6	48.7
39	Otero County	71	93.2	81.5	19.2	59.3	49.3
40	Chaffee County	70.8	94.5	64.7	29.7	76.1	48.9
41	Fremont County	70.6	91.5	76.3	23.2	70.8	31.4
42	Elbert County	69.7	89.7	48.4	67.9	80.8	63.4
43	Park County	69.7	92.6	48.1	45.7	81	77.8
44	Logan County	69.6	89.1	76.5	19.3	67.2	41.3
45	Teller County	69.2	92.3	54.5	36	79.5	61.2
46	Routt County	69.1	93	46.4	51.8	81.9	66.7
47	La Plata County	68.7	94.8	60.7	39.1	77.8	24.8
48	Mesa County	68.4	91.3	68.9	30	72.1	24.9
49	Morgan County	68.2	87.5	69.3	32.6	66.1	48.1
50	Summit County	68.1	93.5	45.7	52.7	87.2	39.8
51	Pitkin County	68	91.2	40.9	48.9	94.5	45.9
52	Broomfield County	66.6	85	39.1	62.4	86.9	65.3
53	Pueblo County	66.6	88	72.3	24	68.2	17.5
54	Garfield County	65.2	90.3	55.5	39.6	71.5	35.5
55	Larimer County	64	88.2	51	43	82.1	9.9
56	Weld County	63.1	88.1	53.6	44.3	74.4	10.8
57	Eagle County	62.7	90.7	39.1	50.7	83.1	23.8
58	El Paso County	62.7	90.7	52.9	40.5	74	5.9
59	Jefferson County	62.4	88.9	45.8	53.7	80	5.1
60	Boulder County	62.3	87.2	43.4	50.5	84.3	9.3
61	Douglas County	61.5	86.8	31.2	78.5	87.7	11.3
62	Arapahoe County	60.3	87.5	45.5	46.8	75.5	6.2
63	Denver County	59.8	89.8	45.6	43.2	72.6	4.8
64	Adams County	58.7	85.3	48.3	43	67.9	8.8

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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