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ZIP 81036, Kiowa

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🇺🇸Kiowa, Colorado · United States

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions
Best reasons
80
Safety
Trade-offs
12
Schools — 3 schools within range
50
Affordability
Unknowns
Safety — based on limited evidence
Transport — no source available yet
Amenities — no source available yet
Is ZIP 81036, Kiowa right for you?

ZIP 81036, Kiowa is about average on everything we measure. We do not have figures yet for transport, amenities and lifestyle, so this is a partial picture.

Who it suits

  • Families with children Partly known

    About average on safety and schools. Not known yet: amenities.

  • Young professionals and renters Not known yet

    Not enough figures yet to say.

  • Retirees and a quieter life Partly known

    About average on safety. Not known yet: amenities.

  • Living without a car Not known yet

    Not enough figures yet to say.

  • Buying on a budget Could work

    About average on affordability and property confidence.

Compared with nearby areas

In Kiowa In United States
Safety About average About average
Affordability About average About average
Schools About average About average
Property Confidence About average About average

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Southeast Colorado high school softball scores - September 21-26, 2026 Kiowa County Press
Southeast Colorado high school softball scores - September 21-26, 2026 mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:00 Image Class 3A Tuesday, September 22 #17 La Junta 11-7 @ Florence 9-8 La Junta 2 Florence 5 #18 Rocky Ford 9-8 @ #8 Lamar 11-3 Rocky Ford 2 Lamar 8 Saturday, September 26 Florence 9-8 @ #8 Lamar 11-3 Florence 0 Lamar 5 #17 La Junta 11-7 @ #23 Southeast Colorado 4-8 La Junta 5 Southeast Colorado 4 Rampart (4A) 7-10 @ #18 Rocky Ford 9-8 Rampart 13 Rocky Ford 1 Wray 9-10 @ Limon 0-17 Wray 20 Limon 8 Wray 9-10 @ Limon 0-17 Wray 20 Limon 8 Class 4A Tuesday, September 22 Pueblo Centennial 9-9 @ Pueblo East 1-16 Pueblo Centennial 17 Pueblo East 3 #10 Pueblo County 14-3 @ Pueblo South 6-9 Pueblo County 21 Pueblo South 4 Thursday, September 24 Pueblo East 1-16 @ #10 Pueblo County 14-3 Pueblo East 0 Pueblo County 15 For more schedules and results from across Colorado, visit CHSAANow.com . sports School Sports Scores education Southeast Colorado Kiowa County Cheyenne County Las Animas County Bent County Prowers County Baca County Kit Carson County Otero County Lincoln County School Kiowa County Press
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Southeast Colorado high school football scores - September 21-26, 2026 Kiowa County Press
Southeast Colorado high school football scores - September 21-26, 2026 mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:00 Image 6 Man Thursday, September 24 #12 Bethune 3-3 @ #7 Otis 5-0 Bethune 36 Otis 86 #22 Genoa-Hugo 1-4 @ #25 Kiowa 0-5 Genoa-Hugo 46 Kiowa 6 Friday, September 25 #3 Cheyenne Wells 4-1 @ #20 Weldon Valley 1-4 Cheyenne Wells 65 Weldon Valley 18 #10 Wiley 3-2 @ #5 Granada 4-1 Wiley 18 Granada 69 Saturday, September 26 #9 Walsh 3-2 @ #16 Cheraw 2-2 Walsh 47 Cheraw 12 8 Man Friday, September 25 #5 McClave 5-0 @ Holly 1-4 McClave 58 Holly 6 Rocky Ford 2-4 @ #10 Las Animas 5-0 Rocky Ford 6 Las Animas 51 Springfield 0-4 @ #16 Fowler 4-1 Springfield 8 Fowler 48 #13 Stratton 3-1 @ #21 Crowley County 2-2 Stratton 34 Crowley County 6 Class 1A Friday, September 25 #2 Limon 5-0 @ Bennett 1-4 Limon 54 Bennett 6 Class 2A Friday, September 25 #8 Alamosa 3-3 @ #10 Lamar 4-2 Alamosa 42 Lamar 17 #9 Burlington (1A) 3-1 @ Salida 2-3 Burlington 42 Salida 7 Class 3A Thursday, September 24 #4 Pueblo County 5-0 @ Liberty 1-4 Pueblo County 50 Liberty 0 Friday, September 25 #8 Pueblo East 5-1 @ Falcon 0-6 Pueblo East 59 Falcon 0 For more schedules and results from across Colorado, visit CHSAANow.com . sports School Sports Scores education Southeast Colorado Kiowa County Cheyenne County Las Animas County Bent County Prowers County Baca County Kit Carson County Otero County Lincoln County School Kiowa County Press
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Southeast Colorado high school volleyball scores - September 21-26, 2026 Kiowa County Press
Southeast Colorado high school volleyball scores - September 21-26, 2026 mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 09:00 Image Class 1A Monday, September 21 Greeley County @ Cheyenne Wells 2-10 Greeley County 3 Cheyenne Wells 0 #12 Lyons (2A) 7-5 @ #1 Simla 12-1 Lyons 0 Simla 3 Walsh 1-9 @ Moscow Walsh 0 Moscow 2 Tuesday, September 22 #19 Burlington (2A) 7-3 @ #19 Eads 6-5 Burlington 3 Eads 1 #6 Cheraw 10-2 @ #2 Swink 10-0 Cheraw 2 Swink 3 Hanover 3-11 @ #23 Elbert 11-2 Hanover 1 Elbert 3 #8 Hi-Plains 7-3 @ #5 Granada 10-2 Hi-Plains 2 Granada 3 Pikes Peak Christian 5-7 @ #1 Simla 12-1 Pikes Peak Christian 0 Simla 3 #16 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 7-3 @ #4 McClave 11-4 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 0 McClave 3 Springfield 5-9 @ #21 Wiley 8-6 Springfield 1 Wiley 3 #15 Stratton 6-2 @ Idalia 5-6 Stratton 3 Idalia 2 Thursday, September 24 Bethune 5-9 @ #14 Otis 11-5 Bethune 0 Otis 3 #19 Burlington (2A) 7-3 @ Cheyenne Wells 2-10 Burlington 3 Cheyenne Wells 0 Kit Carson 2-10 @ #6 Cheraw 10-2 Kit Carson 0 Cheraw 3 Miami-Yoder (2A) 8-5 @ Pikes Peak Christian 5-7 Miami-Yoder 1 Pikes Peak Christian 3 #16 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 7-3 @ Springfield 5-9 South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett] 3 Springfield 2 Friday, September 25 #11 Flagler 10-4 @ Deer Trail 2-9 Flagler 3 Deer Trail 0 #8 Hi-Plains 7-3 @ Genoa-Hugo/Karval 1-11 Hi-Plains 3 Genoa-Hugo/Karval 1 La Veta 5-8 @ Hanover 3-11 La Veta 3 Hanover 0 Manzanola 1-6 @ #19 Eads 6-5 Manzanola 0 Eads 3 #21 Wiley 8-6 @ #5 Granada 10-2 Wiley 0 Granada 3 Saturday, September 26 #8 Hi-Plains 7-3 @ #2 Swink 10-0 Hi-Plains 0 Swink 3 #4 McClave 11-4 vs. #14 Otis 11-5 (Tournament) McClave 2 Otis 0 Walsh 1-9 @ #6 Cheraw 10-2 Walsh 0 Cheraw 3 Class 2A Monday, September 21 Ellicott 5-11 @ Varsity Opponent Ellicott 1 Varsity Opponent 3 Tuesday, September 22 #1 Denver Eagles Christian HomeSchool (FRC) @ Ellicott 5-11 Denver Eagles Christian HomeSchool 3 Ellicott 0 #11 Flagler (1A) 10-4 @ Byers 4-8 Flagler 3 Byers 2 Kit Carson (1A) 2-10 @ Rocky Ford 3-12 Kit Carson 3 Rocky Ford 0 Las Animas 4-5 @ Crowley County 2-9 Las Animas 3 Crowley County 0 Liberty Tree Academy 5-7 @ Miami-Yoder 8-5 Liberty Tree Academy 0 Miami-Yoder 3 #4 Merino 8-2 @ Limon 4-5 Merino 3 Limon 1 Thomas MacLaren School 4-7 @ Calhan 3-9 Thomas MacLaren School 2 Calhan 3 Thursday, September 24 Crowley County 2-9 @ Fowler 4-5 Crowley County 0 Fowler 3 #11 Flagler (1A) 10-4 @ Limon 4-5 Flagler 3 Limon 0 Rocky Ford 3-12 @ Rye 6-7 Rocky Ford 0 Rye 3 Friday, September 25 DSST: Elevate Northeast (3A) 1-13 @ Ellicott 5-11 DSST: Elevate Northeast 2 Ellicott 3 Saturday, September 26 #5 Granada (1A) 10-2 vs. Custer County 4-7 (Tournament) Granada 2 Custer County 0 #5 Granada (1A) 10-2 vs. #5 Akron 10-4 (Tournament) Granada 1 Akron 2 #4 McClave (1A) 11-4 vs. #3 Evangel Christian Academy 10-3 (Tournament) McClave 2 Evangel Christian Academy 1 #4 McClave (1A) 11-4 vs. #5 Akron 10-4 (Tournament) McClave 2 Akron 0 Class 3A Tuesday, September 22 Colorado Springs Christian 5-8 @ #23 Lamar 7-3 Colorado Springs Christian 1 Lamar 3 Fountain Valley (2A) 1-5 @ La Junta 8-4 Fountain Valley 2 La Junta 3 Thursday, September 24 Banning Lewis Academy 2-7 @ La Junta 8-4 Banning Lewis Academy 3 La Junta 0 #23 Lamar 7-3 @ Woodland Park 5-3 Lamar 0 Woodland Park 3 Saturday, September 26 Rye (2A) 6-7 vs. La Junta 8-4 (Tournament) Rye 1 La Junta 2 Swallows Charter Academy (2A) 8-3 vs. La Junta 8-4 (Tournament) Swallows Charter Academy 1 La Junta 2 Thomas MacLaren School (2A) 4-7 vs. La Junta 8-4 (Tournament) Thomas MacLaren School 1 La Junta 2 Class 4A Tuesday, September 22 #20 Pueblo Central 7-2 @ #21 Pueblo County 8-6 Pueblo Central 0 Pueblo County 3 Pueblo East 2-4 @ Pueblo Centennial 1-6 Pueblo East 3 Pueblo Centennial 0 Thursday, September 24 #21 Pueblo County 8-6 @ Pueblo South 0-11 Pueblo County 3 Pueblo South 0 For more schedules and results from across Colorado, visit CHSAANow.com . sports School Sports Scores education Southeast Colorado Kiowa County Cheyenne County Las Animas County Bent County Prowers County Baca County Kit Carson County Otero County Lincoln County School Kiowa County Press
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Four weeks after the Pueblo spill, E. coli exceeds the standard from Pueblo to Holly, and the river below John Martin Dam is no longer clean Kiowa County Press
Four weeks after the Pueblo spill, E. coli exceeds the standard from Pueblo to Holly, and the river below John Martin Dam is no longer clean mps-post Sun, 09/27/2026 - 08:36 Image (Kiowa County Press) Four weeks after the Pueblo sewage spill, E. coli in the Arkansas River is still above the state's swim beach standard at nearly every sampling site from Pueblo to Holly, and the river directly below John Martin Dam, which had complied on every sample for three weeks, is now failing too. State health officials say rain has kept pushing bacteria into the river, and that contaminated water has reached the lower valley through a canal that bypasses the reservoir. On Tuesday, September 22, the newest day of results posted to the state's sampling dashboard , 17 of 20 sites exceeded the standard of 235 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters. The Highway 50 bridge near Lamar read 727 for the second day in a row. The river below the McClave drainage read 1,046, up from 114 the day before. Below John Martin Dam the reading was 649, after 1,203 on Monday, September 21. Holly read 1,553 on September 21 and 236 on September 22. Only Fountain Creek at Pueblo, Granada and the reservoir itself complied. The reservoir has never come close to the line. Sampled at the east boat ramp almost daily since September 11, it has read between 1 and 53, with 50 on September 22. Image © Rain, and a canal around the reservoir The pattern of the past two weeks is rain followed by a jump in readings. NOAA's record for Pueblo's airport shows rain on Wednesday, September 16, and the next day readings spiked at Pueblo, Fountain Creek and above the St. Charles River, where the sample came back at 1,986. Rain fell again on Sunday, September 20, and Monday, September 21. The federal river gauge at Las Animas rose from 32 cubic feet per second on September 20 to 124 on September 22, and the readings at Boone, Nepesta, County Road 24.5 and La Junta all went to the top of the lab's scale, above 2,419, on September 21. Runoff carries bacteria from streets, fields and ditches into a river, so readings climb after a storm and fall as the pulse passes, as they did after the rain of September 8. Image © The lower river has not been the clean end of the system since the first runoff pulse reached it. Lamar read 1,414 on Sunday, September 13, and Granada 1,203 on September 15, and Holly has exceeded the standard on five of the last seven sampling days. But the river directly below the dam had complied on every one of its 17 samples until September 21, when it read 1,203. In a fact sheet linked from its spill page, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says the contaminated water "has now traveled downstream beyond John Martin Reservoir due to a canal bypassing the reservoir." The state does not name the canal. The Fort Lyon Canal, which takes water from the river above the reservoir and carries it past the dam, read 816 at County Road RR on September 22, and the Catlin Canal headgate read 1,203. Image © The department's advisory has not changed. It still tells people to stay out of the river from where Fountain Creek enters it through John Martin Reservoir, and it has not extended that advisory below the dam, where the readings are now as high as those above it. CDPHE has issued no news release on the spill since September 4, when it lifted the advisory for the reservoir . Who is sampling, and how the state labels it Since Saturday, September 12, most of the river samples have been collected by a third-party contractor, according to the state's data, which lists the sampling organization for each result. CDPHE staff still sample the sites below the dam and at McClave, and the City of Pueblo's wastewater department samples the Catlin Canal headgate. Before September 12 the state listed its own staff as the sampler at every site. Image © iStock - posonsky - 1310166610 The state has also changed how it labels results. Through mid-September the dashboard called each sample "safe" or "not safe for recreation." Every result, including the older ones, is now labeled as complying with or exceeding the swim beach standard. The fact sheet explains the standard: under state water quality rules, a single sample above 235 requires a swim beach to close, and the department says that number, and not the 126 limit that applies to some kinds of irrigation, is the one it uses for the river. The department also says it has no river standard for E. coli that protects agricultural use, and it points growers to the Colorado Department of Agriculture for guidance. Beyond bacteria, the state has tested the river for metals, nutrients and dissolved minerals at sites from Pueblo to Holly and posted those results as a spreadsheet, with samples through September 8. How the spill happened, in the city's words The City of Pueblo posted a fuller account of the spill on September 14. The leak was found when the treatment plant's average flow for August 26 came in 3 million gallons below what it should have been, Wastewater Director Andra Ahrens said. Once the cause was identified, it took two hours to divert the flow and stop the release. The city's sewer runs inside its storm sewer along that stretch: a 48-inch sanitary pipe inside a 102-inch brick storm pipe, from Santa Fe Avenue to Confluence Park, where the two separate. The sanitary pipe had been put under pressure to bypass a 60-inch pipe that was being rehabilitated, and the pressure broke a patch on the sanitary pipe. Sewage flowed into the storm pipe and out its channel into the river. The state's fact sheet describes it as a contractor repairing sewage pipes who inadvertently broke a main line. The state has put the volume at about 4.25 million gallons. What still applies The department's guidance for the river from Fountain Creek through John Martin Reservoir remains in place: do not swim, wade, tube, kayak or fish; keep children, pets and livestock out of the water; do not drink untreated river water or use it on fruits or vegetables eaten raw. Anyone who gets in the water should wash with soap and clean water and see a doctor if diarrhea, vomiting, cramps or fever follow. Image © Readers below the dam are left to judge for themselves. The state's own numbers now show Lamar, McClave and the river below the dam above the swim beach standard, while the advisory stops at the reservoir. The Press has covered the spill since it reached John Martin , including the first two weeks of readings, the runoff surge of September 9 , and the record-low year of river below the dam that has left so little water to dilute it. Results are posted on CDPHE's spill page. The September 22 samples were the newest posted as of Friday, September 25. Water Issues Across Colorado Colorado environment Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Southeast Colorado Pueblo Pueblo County Arkansas River Kiowa County Press Staff
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Data confidence
Moderate coverage
76

Coverage confidence reflects geographic matching, source authority, freshness, record coverage, and demographic alignment. It is not a liveability score.

geography
25 pts
source authority
20 pts
freshness
20 pts
record coverage
6 pts
demographic alignment
5 pts
Reliable enriched schools, amenity details, ratings, and official area demographics are not available for this suburb yet. Existing evidence elsewhere on this page remains visible; missing facts are not estimated.
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ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
80
Safety
Good
estimated
50
Affordability
Below average
ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
12
Schools
Weak
2020
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Transport
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pending
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Amenities
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pending
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Lifestyle
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pending
55
Property Confidence
About average
ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
What these scores mean for ZIP 81036, Kiowa

Each score is out of 100. Higher is better for you: a high affordability score means cheaper relative to local incomes, and a high safety score means less crime. Comparisons are with other areas in the same country.

Safety: 80/100 · Good
Scores 80 out of 100, which is good and lower than 99% of areas in United States. In practice, reported crime is low for its size. What it measures: How safe the area is, from reported crime adjusted for population, with burglary and robbery counting most. How it is worked out: No SAPS station data for this suburb yet — safety is estimated from data-backed suburbs nearby. This is an estimate from wider-area data, not measured for this area itself. Source: Estimated from nearby areas (estimated).
Affordability: 50/100 · Below average
Scores 50 out of 100, which is below average and lower than 99% of areas in United States. What it measures: How average rent compares with what households here typically earn. How it is worked out: Average rent as a share of median monthly income. This is based on reasonable data, but not the most recent or most local. Source: Stats SA income & rental index (ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates).
Schools: 12/100 · Weak
Scores 12 out of 100, which is weak and lower than 99% of areas in United States. In practice, there are few schools nearby, so check travel times to the ones you want. What it measures: How many primary and secondary schools are within reach. How it is worked out: Real schools within range by phase (primary/secondary/pre-primary), weighted toward secondary. This is based on reasonable data, but not the most recent or most local. Source: DBE National Masterlist of Schools (2020) (2020).
Property Confidence: 55/100 · About average
Scores 55 out of 100, which is about average and lower than 99% of areas in United States. What it measures: How much reliable property data we have and how stable prices look. How it is worked out: Directional year-on-year price movement — not a valuation. This is an estimate from wider-area data, not measured for this area itself. Source: Deeds transfer trend (ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates).
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Flood & earthquake history
🌊 Flood: None on record
🌍 Earthquake: None on record
🔥 Wildfire: None on record
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Community demographics
ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Population
1,017
Median household income
$59,868/yr
Median home value
$173,300
Price-to-income ratio
Median home ÷ median household income
2.9×
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