Best PlacesBurlington, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burlington, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Burlington ranks 21,439th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Burlington
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.
Burlington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burlington ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.0 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
Where Burlington ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burlington
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burlington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,703, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Burlington's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Burlington
Burlington runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Burlington.
Who works in Burlington, and how
Work in Burlington centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Burlington
Burlington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Burlington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burlington, month by month
Burlington sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 29° | 15° |
| April | 69° | 50° | 33° |
| July | 93° | 76° | 60° |
| October | 72° | 52° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Burlington
The nearest airport, Garden City Regional, is about 126 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burlington
Schools across Burlington average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Burlington Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Idalia Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burlington Middle SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Idalia Junior-senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Burlington High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burlington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burlington 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 Burlington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burlington
Is Burlington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burlington ranks 21,439th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, cell coverage, and short commutes, and lowest on thin health care access and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burlington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,524. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $73,703 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Burlington safe?
Burlington is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $709 per resident a year.
Compare Burlington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burlington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burlington 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.
Burlington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burlington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burlington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burlington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burlington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burlington 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.