Best PlacesConifer, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Conifer, 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.
Conifer ranks 9,129th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Conifer
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.
Conifer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Conifer ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$132,421 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Conifer ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute38.1 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Conifer
A household needs to earn about $193,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Conifer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $132,421, 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 Conifer's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Conifer
Conifer runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Conifer.
Who works in Conifer, and how
Work in Conifer centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Conifer
Conifer has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Conifer and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Conifer, month by month
Conifer sees roughly 155 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 Conifer
Denver International sits about 41 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 Conifer
Schools across Conifer average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marshdale Elementary SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Jefferson County Open Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Elk Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
- West Jefferson Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Conifer Senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Conifer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Conifer 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 Conifer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Conifer
Is Conifer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Conifer ranks 9,129th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, and civic engagement, 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 Conifer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $776,220. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $132,421 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Conifer safe?
Conifer is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $420 per resident a year.
Compare Conifer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Conifer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Conifer 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.
Conifer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Conifer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Conifer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Conifer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Conifer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Conifer 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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