Best PlacesAlamo Placita, Denver, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Alamo Placita, Denver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Alamo Placita, Denver ranks 1,339th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Alamo Placita, Denver
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.
Alamo Placita, Denver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Alamo Placita, Denver ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where Alamo Placita, Denver ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,827 a month, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Alamo Placita, Denver
A household needs to earn about $181,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Alamo Placita, Denver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $112,061, 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 Alamo Placita, Denver's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Alamo Placita, Denver
Alamo Placita, Denver runs younger 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 Alamo Placita, Denver.
Who works in Alamo Placita, Denver, and how
Work in Alamo Placita, Denver 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 54%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Alamo Placita, Denver
Alamo Placita, Denver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Alamo Placita, Denver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Alamo Placita, Denver, month by month
Alamo Placita, Denver sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 65° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 70° | 51° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Alamo Placita, Denver
Denver International sits about 19 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 Alamo Placita, Denver
Schools across Alamo Placita, Denver average a C−, better than 33% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Joe Shoemaker SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dsst: Byers Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- East High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Dsst: Byers High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- South High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Alamo Placita, Denver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Alamo Placita, Denver 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 Alamo Placita, Denver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Alamo Placita, Denver
Is Alamo Placita, Denver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Alamo Placita, Denver ranks 1,339th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on population health, low property taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Alamo Placita, Denver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $730,709. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $112,061 median income, cost of living beats 82% of neighborhoods.
Is Alamo Placita, Denver safe?
Alamo Placita, Denver is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $643 per resident a year.
Compare Alamo Placita, Denver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Alamo Placita, Denver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Alamo Placita, Denver 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.
Alamo Placita, Denver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Alamo Placita, Denver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Alamo Placita, Denver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Alamo Placita, Denver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Alamo Placita, Denver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Alamo Placita, Denver 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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