Best Places80530, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 80530, 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.
80530 ranks 4,853rd 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 80530
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.
80530's strengths and weaknesses
Where 80530 ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 90% of zip codes
Where 80530 ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 9% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 80530
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 80530 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $109,669; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 80530's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 80530
80530 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 80530.
Who works in 80530, and how
Work in 80530 centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 80530
80530 has more parkland per resident than 90% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 80530 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 80530, month by month
80530 sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 28° | 16° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 34° |
| July | 91° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 68° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of 80530
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 80530
Schools across 80530 average a C−, better than 18% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Legacy Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Thunder Valley Pk-8D− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coal Ridge Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Frederick Senior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 80530 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
80530 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 80530 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 80530
Is 80530 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 80530 ranks 4,853rd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on heat safety, low crime, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 80530 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $466,947. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $109,669 median income, cost of living beats 80% of zip codes.
Is 80530 safe?
Yes, 80530 is safer than 92% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare 80530 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 80530. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 80530 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.
80530 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 80530: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 80530: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 80530: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 80530: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
80530 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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