Best PlacesBrookvale, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brookvale, 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.
Brookvale ranks 3,806th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brookvale
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.
Brookvale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brookvale ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$183,613 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Brookvale ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,460 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brookvale
A household needs to earn about $243,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brookvale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $183,613, 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 Brookvale'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 Brookvale
Brookvale 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 Brookvale.
Who works in Brookvale, and how
Work in Brookvale centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 42%
- Work from home 51%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Brookvale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brookvale.
What the weather is like in Brookvale, month by month
Brookvale sees roughly 117 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 Brookvale
Denver International sits about 43 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 Brookvale
Schools across Brookvale average a B−, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson County Open Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- King-murphy Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Clear Creek High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brookvale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brookvale 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 Brookvale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brookvale
Is Brookvale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brookvale ranks 3,806th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brookvale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $981,765. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $183,613 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Brookvale safe?
Brookvale is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $469 per resident a year.
Compare Brookvale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brookvale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brookvale 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.
Brookvale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brookvale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brookvale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brookvale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brookvale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brookvale 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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