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Woodland Park, Colorado

Woodland Park is a small town of about 8,000 people in Teller County, Colorado, about 8,500 feet above sea level. Its population has held about steady since 2020. A typical home costs about 5.5 years of the typical household's income, compared with 4.1 across the U.S. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Denver, is about 54 miles away as the crow flies.

Population
8,014
up 1.2% since 2020
Typical home, 2020-24
$549,200
Teller County prices up 3.1% since 2022
Household income
$99,238
U.S.: $80,734
Prices, Colorado Springs area
100.7
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
In town
UCHEALTH Pikes Peak Regional Hospital
To Denver
54 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 0.7% above the U.S. average in the Colorado Springs metro area.
  • More house for the moneyA typical home costs 5.5 years of the typical household's income here. Across the U.S. it's 4.1.
  • A safer neighborhood4 violent crimes were reported in 2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 people (U.S.: 3.3). Property crime: 10.7 per 1,000 (U.S.: 15.3).
  • Schools in town5 public schools: 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high school and 1 other.
  • A hospital close byUCHEALTH Pikes Peak Regional Hospital is in town and has an emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityDenver is about 54 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Woodland Park meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$549,200U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 3.1%Teller County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities
$2,007 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Typical household income
$99,238U.S.: $80,734
Homes owned by the people living in them
76%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill
$2,380 a yearColorado: $2,602
Homes built before 1940
1%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
16%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
1%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
100.7U.S. average = 100 (the Colorado Springs metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 3.1% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the Colorado Springs metro area, not Woodland Park alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate
8,0142020: 7,920
Median age
40.1 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
22%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
17%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
44%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
17%U.S.: 6%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Schools, health care and social services (23%); professional and business services (15%); other services (10%)
Unemployment rate
2%U.S.: 5%
Average commute
26 minutesU.S.: 26 minutes
Work from home
23%U.S.: 15%
Below the poverty line
5%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: UCHEALTH Pikes Peak Regional Hospital, Woodland Park, CO, in town. It's a critical access hospital (a small rural hospital with 25 or fewer beds). Medicare hasn't given it a star rating.

Nearest general hospital: Uch-Memorial Health System, Colorado Springs, CO, about 18 miles away. Medicare gives it 4 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

5 public schools in Woodland Park, run by Woodland Park School District No. Re-2.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Colorado's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet
82%U.S.: 76%
Homes with any internet subscription
94%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
5°F
July average high
79°F
Days 90°F or hotter
0 a year
Nights at or below freezing
250 a year
Rain and melted snow
15 inches a year
Snow
59 inches a year
Elevation
8,497 feet

Weather station: Florissant Fossil Bed (14 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Colorado Springs, Denver.

Teller County is in a metro area of 250,000 to 1 million people (USDA rural-urban code 2, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

1 place on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Manitou Experimental Forest Station.

National Park Service sites within about an hour:

  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument11 miles

Read about Woodland Park's history on Wikipedia.

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Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Smaller places

  • Cascade-Chipita Park, CO (unincorporated)1,412 people, 5 miles
  • Green Mountain Falls, CO601 people, 5 miles
  • Midland, CO (unincorporated)182 people, 12 miles
  • Westcreek, CO (unincorporated)237 people, 12 miles
  • Florissant, CO (unincorporated)192 people, 13 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.