Best PlacesBellvue, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bellvue, 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.
Bellvue ranks 21,580th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bellvue
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.
Bellvue's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bellvue ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 136 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
Where Bellvue ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,660 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bellvue
A household needs to earn about $173,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bellvue home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $99,554, 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 Bellvue's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Bellvue
Bellvue 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 Bellvue.
Who works in Bellvue, and how
Work in Bellvue centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Bellvue
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bellvue.
What the weather is like in Bellvue, month by month
Bellvue sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 28° | 15° |
| April | 66° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 56° |
| October | 69° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Bellvue
The nearest airport, Cheyenne Regional/Jerry Olson Field, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bellvue
Schools across Bellvue average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Traut Core Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Big Thompson Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Cache La Poudre Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kinard Core Knowledge Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Cache La Poudre Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Estes Park Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Estes Park High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Thompson Valley High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bellvue school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bellvue 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 Bellvue against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bellvue
Is Bellvue a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bellvue ranks 21,580th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and quiet, 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 Bellvue expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $698,776. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $99,554 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Bellvue safe?
Bellvue is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $410 per resident a year.
Compare Bellvue with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bellvue. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bellvue 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.
Bellvue detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bellvue: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bellvue: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bellvue: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bellvue: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bellvue 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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