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Old Colorado City Colorado Springs Neighborhood Guide: Crime, Housing, Schools, And Trends

Old Colorado City is a neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This guide brings together violent crime, property crime, rent context, school links, development activity, nearby neighborhoods, and city comparisons in one local read.

Population
1,834
Old Colorado City covered by 1 underlying area.
Violent crime
17.4 / 1k
Violent crime moved up by 17.4 / 1k from 0.0 / 1k in 2013-01-13 to 17.4 / 1k in 2026-05-13. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Property crime
72.5 / 1k
Property crime moved up by 72.5 / 1k from 0.0 / 1k in 2013-01-13 to 72.5 / 1k in 2026-05-13. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Market rent
$1,488
Market rent has increased 38% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Old Colorado City is signaling right now

Quality, momentum, safety, and upside indicators rendered as static SEO HTML with the same data source as the app route.

Quality

40/100

$67,188 income with 48.6% owner occupancy

Momentum

15/100

Staged ablation winner using pure housing

Safety

22/100

48.6% owner occupancy with 8.2% poverty

Investor Upside

25/100

+10% rent growth with 4% yield proxy

Benchmarks

How Old Colorado City compares

Neighborhood pages roll up the tract members inside Old Colorado City, then combine that local footprint with city and state comparisons so the area can be read in context rather than in isolation.

Violent Crime

17.4 / 1k

8.9 / 1k city · 5.2 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

72.5 / 1k

31.0 / 1k city · 31.3 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,488

$1,666 city · $1,996 state

Permits 12M

0

0 city · 6,350 state

Research notes

How to read this page

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What this page measures

This page combines neighborhood-level crime, housing, development, school access, and nearby-place context so Old Colorado City can be read as a full neighborhood, not just a single metric.

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How to use it

Start with the signal cards and benchmark table, then use the trend lines to separate steady-state conditions from a real change story before comparing Old Colorado City with nearby neighborhoods.

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What can distort the read

Some large percentage changes come from unusually low starting values, partial source coverage, or neighborhood rollups with very different tract mixes over time. Use the benchmark table and linked pages for context.

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What is changing

Market rent is $1,488 and market rent has increased 38% since 2019. This rent read is ZIP-derived market context. 0 in recent permits suggests current development activity is visible in the data.

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Why it reads this way

Violent crime in Old Colorado City is approximately 96% higher than the city benchmark. Median household income is $67,188. Retail mix currently shows 25.7% premium retail versus 2.3% value-oriented retail.

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Who this is for

Old Colorado City is easiest to interpret for households comparing pricing against local earning power. Property crime moved up by 73 from 0 in 2013-01-13 to 73 in 2026-05-13. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.