Best PlacesFoothills, Lakewood, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Foothills, Lakewood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Foothills, Lakewood ranks 1,367th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Foothills, Lakewood
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.
Foothills, Lakewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Foothills, Lakewood ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA−, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Foothills, Lakewood ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 38% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Foothills, Lakewood
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Foothills, Lakewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $101,160, 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 Foothills, Lakewood's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Foothills, Lakewood
Foothills, Lakewood's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Foothills, Lakewood.
Who works in Foothills, Lakewood, and how
Work in Foothills, Lakewood centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Foothills, Lakewood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Foothills, Lakewood.
What the weather is like in Foothills, Lakewood, month by month
Foothills, Lakewood sees roughly 169 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 Foothills, Lakewood
Denver International sits about 27 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 Foothills, Lakewood
Schools across Foothills, Lakewood average an A−, better than 88% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson County Open Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Green Mountain Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Foothills Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Foothills, Lakewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Foothills, Lakewood 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 Foothills, Lakewood against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Foothills, Lakewood
Is Foothills, Lakewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Foothills, Lakewood ranks 1,367th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and good schools, and lowest on air quality and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Foothills, Lakewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $555,073. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $101,160 median income, cost of living beats 77% of neighborhoods.
Is Foothills, Lakewood safe?
Yes, Foothills, Lakewood is safer than 61% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $546 per resident a year.
Compare Foothills, Lakewood with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Foothills, Lakewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Foothills, Lakewood 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.
Foothills, Lakewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Foothills, Lakewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Foothills, Lakewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Foothills, Lakewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Foothills, Lakewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Foothills, Lakewood 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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