Best Places80466, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 80466, 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.
80466 ranks 12,228th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 80466
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.
80466's strengths and weaknesses
Where 80466 ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Household income$118,837 median, better than 89% of zip codes
Where 80466 ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,834 a month, better than only 2% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 80466
A household needs to earn about $204,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 80466 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,837, 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 80466's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 80466
80466 runs older than the country, 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 80466.
Who works in 80466, and how
Work in 80466 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 45%
- Work from home 47%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in 80466
80466 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 80466 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 80466, month by month
80466 sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 43° | 31° | 22° |
| July | 70° | 56° | 43° |
| October | 50° | 37° | 27° |
Flying in and out of 80466
Denver International sits about 44 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 80466
Schools across 80466 average a B−, better than 59% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Coal Creek Canyon K-8 Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Nederland Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pioneer Bilingual Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Manhattan Middle School Of The Arts And AcademicsB− · 42% proficient
- Centennial Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- New Vista High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Nederland Middle-senior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 80466 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
80466 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 80466 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 80466
Is 80466 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 80466 ranks 12,228th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on heat safety, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 80466 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $810,948. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $118,837 median income, cost of living beats 84% of zip codes.
Is 80466 safe?
80466 is safer than 6% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $967 per resident a year.
Compare 80466 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 80466. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 80466 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.
80466 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 80466: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 80466: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 80466: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 80466: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
80466 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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