Walden

Walden lies in the northern part of Colorado, just minutes from the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge is a great place for hunting, fishing, and wildlife observation. The main purpose of this refuge is to help maintain a habitat for birds that migrate, with an emphasis on waterfowl. The over 24,000 acres has wetlands and grasslands.

The town of Walden itself is small with only about 600 residents. Many of the residents work in accommodation and food services and the median household income here is $26,104. Over 20% of the town's residents are living below the poverty level. Housing here is also inexpensive and there are small homes as well as mobile homes. Of course, as with all areas of the mountains in Colorado you can find large acres of land with spectacular homes for well into the hundreds of thousands and millions, but here those homes seem to be a little less common. There are some charming little homes here that date back to the early 1900s.

For residents of Walden with children, the schools here rate very well. Students repeatedly perform well above average on state testing standards.