Best PlacesEdgewater, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edgewater, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Edgewater ranks 1,322nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Edgewater
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 Edgewater
The parts of Edgewater, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Lakeside
Molholm Two Creeks
Spivak
Eiber
Scores across Edgewater run from about the 15th to the 82nd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Edgewater's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edgewater ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of cities
- TransitBetter than 98% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of cities
Where Edgewater ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 6% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Edgewater
A household needs to earn about $139,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edgewater home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,416, 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 Edgewater's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Edgewater
Edgewater runs younger 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 Edgewater.
Who works in Edgewater, and how
Work in Edgewater centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Edgewater
Edgewater has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 94% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Edgewater and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Edgewater, month by month
Edgewater 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 Edgewater
Denver International sits about 23 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 Edgewater
Schools across Edgewater average an A−, better than 83% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson County Open Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Edgewater Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
- Molholm Elementary SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Jefferson County Open SecondaryC · 32% proficient
- Jefferson Junior/senior High SchoolF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edgewater school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edgewater 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 Edgewater against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Edgewater suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Edgewater
Is Edgewater a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edgewater ranks 1,322nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, transit, and heat safety, and lowest on crime and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edgewater expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $540,217. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $82,416 median income, cost of living beats 28% of cities.
Is Edgewater safe?
Edgewater is safer than 1% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $970 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Edgewater?
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 65% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Edgewater?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Lakeside, Molholm Two Creeks, and Spivak. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Edgewater with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edgewater. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edgewater 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.
Edgewater detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edgewater: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edgewater: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edgewater: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edgewater: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edgewater 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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