Best PlacesBroomfield, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Broomfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Broomfield ranks 47th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $135,527, everyday costs sit below the national average, and an educated workforce ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are state finances, internet speeds, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Broomfield
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.
The best areas in Broomfield
The parts of Broomfield, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Brandywine & North Westminster
More households have young kids, prices have run up less, and fewer homes sit empty.
Walnut Grove & Kings Mill
Transit reaches more jobs, though schools score lower.
North Central Westminster
It is noisier and local pay stretches less far.
Scores across Broomfield run from about the 24th to the 99th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Broomfield's strengths and weaknesses
Broomfield ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Heat safety is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. A stable housing market and civic engagement follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. State finances, internet speeds, and air quality hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Broomfield ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of cities
Where Broomfield ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,589 a month, better than only 11% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Broomfield
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Broomfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,527, 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 Broomfield's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Broomfield
Broomfield's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Broomfield.
Who works in Broomfield, and how
Work in Broomfield centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Broomfield
Broomfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of cities and more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Broomfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Broomfield, month by month
Broomfield sees roughly 109 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 Broomfield
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 Broomfield
Schools across Broomfield average a B, better than 73% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hulstrom Options K-8 SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Meridian Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Thunder Vista P-8A− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Westlake Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Rocky Top Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Academy High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Monarch High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Broomfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Broomfield 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 Broomfield against the other 444 cities.
Who Broomfield suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of cities and 28% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Broomfield
Is Broomfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Broomfield ranks 47th of 445 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, a stable housing market, and civic engagement, and lowest on state finances and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Broomfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $639,532. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $135,527 median income, cost of living beats 95% of cities.
Is Broomfield safe?
Yes, Broomfield is safer than 69% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $463 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Broomfield?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 109 pleasant days a year, more than 53% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Broomfield?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Brandywine & North Westminster, Walnut Grove & Kings Mill, and North Central Westminster. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Broomfield good for families?
Schools beat 73% of cities, crime safety beats 69%, and childcare runs $1,589 a month.
Is Broomfield good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 7% of cities. About 28% of workers already work from home.
Compare Broomfield with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Broomfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Broomfield 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.
Broomfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Broomfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Broomfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Broomfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Broomfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Broomfield 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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