Best PlacesFederal Heights, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Federal Heights, 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.
Federal Heights ranks 40,537th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Federal Heights
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.
Federal Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Federal Heights ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
Where Federal Heights ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,598 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Federal Heights
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Federal Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $61,394; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Federal Heights' effective rate of 0.54%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Federal Heights
Federal Heights runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Federal Heights.
Who works in Federal Heights, and how
Work in Federal Heights centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Federal Heights
Federal Heights has more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Federal Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Federal Heights, month by month
Federal Heights sees roughly 77 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 Federal Heights
Denver International sits about 18 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 Federal Heights
Schools across Federal Heights average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hulstrom Options K-8 SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Sunset Ridge Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- North Star Elementary SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Silver Hills Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Thornton Middle SchoolF · 8% proficient
- Northglenn Middle SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Northglenn High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Westminster High SchoolD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Federal Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Federal Heights 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 Federal Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Federal Heights
Is Federal Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Federal Heights ranks 40,537th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Federal Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,226. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $61,394 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Federal Heights safe?
Federal Heights is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $799 per resident a year.
Compare Federal Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Federal Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Federal Heights 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.
Federal Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Federal Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Federal Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Federal Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Federal Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Federal Heights 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.