Best PlacesCastle Pines North, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Castle Pines North, 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.
Castle Pines North ranks 189th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Castle Pines North
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.
Castle Pines North's strengths and weaknesses
Where Castle Pines North ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$195,623 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
Where Castle Pines North ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,607 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Castle Pines North
A household needs to earn about $223,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Castle Pines North home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $195,623, 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 Castle Pines North's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Castle Pines North
Castle Pines North runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Castle Pines North.
Who works in Castle Pines North, and how
Work in Castle Pines North centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Castle Pines North
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Castle Pines North.
What the weather is like in Castle Pines North, month by month
Castle Pines North sees roughly 152 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 64° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 69° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Castle Pines North
Denver International sits about 29 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 Castle Pines North
Schools across Castle Pines North average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Timber Trail Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Buffalo Ridge Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- American AcademyA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rocky Heights Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Rock Canyon High SchoolA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Castle Pines North school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Castle Pines North 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 Castle Pines North against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Castle Pines North
Is Castle Pines North a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Castle Pines North ranks 189th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Castle Pines North expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $873,193. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $195,623 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Castle Pines North safe?
Yes, Castle Pines North is safer than 59% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $408 per resident a year.
Compare Castle Pines North with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Castle Pines North. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Castle Pines North 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.
Castle Pines North detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Castle Pines North: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Castle Pines North: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Castle Pines North: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Castle Pines North: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Castle Pines North 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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