Best PlacesFrederick, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frederick, 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.
Frederick ranks 2,488th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Frederick
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.
Frederick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frederick ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Frederick ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Frederick
A household needs to earn about $144,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frederick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $126,047, 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 Frederick's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Frederick
Frederick runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Frederick.
Who works in Frederick, and how
Work in Frederick centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Frederick
Frederick has more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Frederick and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Frederick, month by month
Frederick sees roughly 151 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 28° | 16° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 34° |
| July | 91° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 68° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Frederick
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 Frederick
Schools across Frederick average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Erie Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Kenneth Homyak Pk-8C+ · 39% proficient
- Centennial ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Erie Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Coal Ridge Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
- Fort Lupton Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Erie High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Mead High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Frederick Senior High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frederick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frederick 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 Frederick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Frederick
Is Frederick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frederick ranks 2,488th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, population health, and low crime, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frederick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $563,541. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $126,047 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Frederick safe?
Yes, Frederick is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Frederick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frederick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frederick 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.
Frederick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frederick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frederick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frederick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frederick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frederick 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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