Best PlacesAllendale Area, Arvada, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Allendale Area, Arvada, 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.
Allendale Area, Arvada ranks 1,554th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Allendale Area, Arvada
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.
Allendale Area, Arvada's strengths and weaknesses
Where Allendale Area, Arvada ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Allendale Area, Arvada ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Allendale Area, Arvada
A household needs to earn about $144,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Allendale Area, Arvada home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $110,398, 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 Allendale Area, Arvada's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Allendale Area, Arvada
Allendale Area, Arvada runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Allendale Area, Arvada.
Who works in Allendale Area, Arvada, and how
Work in Allendale Area, Arvada centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Allendale Area, Arvada
Allendale Area, Arvada has more parkland per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Allendale Area, Arvada and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Allendale Area, Arvada, month by month
Allendale Area, Arvada sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Allendale Area, Arvada
Denver International sits about 24 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 Allendale Area, Arvada
Schools across Allendale Area, Arvada average an A−, better than 88% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Vanderhoof Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Jefferson County Open Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Arvada West High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Allendale Area, Arvada school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Allendale Area, Arvada 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 Allendale Area, Arvada against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Allendale Area, Arvada
Is Allendale Area, Arvada a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Allendale Area, Arvada ranks 1,554th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and civic engagement, 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 Allendale Area, Arvada expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $574,136. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $110,398 median income, cost of living beats 79% of neighborhoods.
Is Allendale Area, Arvada safe?
Yes, Allendale Area, Arvada is safer than 63% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare Allendale Area, Arvada with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Allendale Area, Arvada. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Allendale Area, Arvada 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.
Allendale Area, Arvada detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Allendale Area, Arvada: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Allendale Area, Arvada: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Allendale Area, Arvada: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Allendale Area, Arvada: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Allendale Area, Arvada 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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