Best Places80111, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 80111, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
80111 ranks 1,175th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 80111
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
80111's strengths and weaknesses
Where 80111 ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Household income$166,174 median, better than 97% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of zip codes
Where 80111 ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,581 a month, better than only 4% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 16% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 80111
A household needs to earn about $253,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 80111 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $166,174, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 80111's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 80111
80111 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 80111.
Who works in 80111, and how
Work in 80111 centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in 80111
80111 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 93% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 80111 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 80111, month by month
80111 sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 64° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 69° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of 80111
Denver International sits about 21 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 80111
Schools across 80111 average a B−, better than 60% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Cherry Hills Village Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Cherry Creek Charter AcademyA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Campus Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- West Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherry Creek High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Denver Montessori Junior/senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 80111 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
80111 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 80111 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 80111 suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 32% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 80111
Is 80111 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 80111 ranks 1,175th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on population health, what local pay buys, and an educated workforce, and lowest on childcare costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 80111 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,000,329. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $166,174 median income, cost of living beats 98% of zip codes.
Is 80111 safe?
80111 is safer than 28% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $580 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 80111?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 18. That works out to about 150 pleasant days a year, more than 89% of zip codes.
Is 80111 good for families?
Schools beat 60% of zip codes, crime safety beats 28%, and childcare runs $1,581 a month.
Compare 80111 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 80111. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 80111 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
80111 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 80111: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 80111: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 80111: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 80111: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
80111 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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