Best Places80305, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 80305, 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.
80305 ranks 2,934th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 80305
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.
80305's strengths and weaknesses
Where 80305 ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 99% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of zip codes
Where 80305 ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,834 a month, better than only 2% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 80305
A household needs to earn about $271,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 80305 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $139,038, 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 80305's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 80305
80305's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 80305.
Who works in 80305, and how
Work in 80305 centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 42%
- Work from home 42%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in 80305
80305 has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most zip codes and more parkland per resident than 77% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 80305 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 80305, month by month
80305 sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 64° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 61° |
| October | 67° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of 80305
Denver International sits about 32 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 80305
Schools across 80305 average a B, better than 66% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Mesa Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Creekside Elementary School At Martin ParkB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Summit Middle Charter SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Manhattan Middle School Of The Arts And AcademicsB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Fairview High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- New Vista High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 80305 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
80305 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 80305 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 80305
Is 80305 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 80305 ranks 2,934th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and biking, 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 80305 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,082,453. The overall cost of living runs about 32% above the national average. Set against a $139,038 median income, cost of living beats 84% of zip codes.
Is 80305 safe?
80305 is safer than 24% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $615 per resident a year.
Compare 80305 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 80305. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 80305 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.
80305 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 80305: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 80305: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 80305: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 80305: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
80305 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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