Best Places80482, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 80482, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
80482 ranks 22,962nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 80482
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.
80482's strengths and weaknesses
Where 80482 ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than 97% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 91% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 87% of zip codes
Where 80482 ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,533 a month, better than only 5% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 80482
A household needs to earn about $177,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 80482 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $83,395, 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 80482's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 80482
80482 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 80482.
Who works in 80482, and how
Work in 80482 centers on other services and real estate. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in 80482
80482 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 80482 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 80482, month by month
80482 sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 55 degrees. January highs sit near 15, with lows near 4. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15° | 9° | 4° |
| April | 29° | 21° | 16° |
| July | 55° | 47° | 41° |
| October | 35° | 28° | 23° |
Flying in and out of 80482
Denver International sits about 59 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 80482
Schools across 80482 average a C+, better than 48% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Granby Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Grand Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Middle Park High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 80482 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
80482 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 80482 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 80482
Is 80482 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 80482 ranks 22,962nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on heat safety, a strong job market, and biking, and lowest on crime and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 80482 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $710,320. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $83,395 median income, cost of living beats 28% of zip codes.
Is 80482 safe?
80482 is safer than 1% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,583 per resident a year.
Compare 80482 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 80482. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 80482 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.
80482 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 80482: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 80482: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 80482: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 80482: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
80482 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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