Best PlacesGlen Comfort, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Comfort, 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.
Glen Comfort ranks 22,007th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Comfort
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.
Glen Comfort's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Comfort ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$107,534 median, better than 89% of towns
Where Glen Comfort ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,660 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Comfort
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Comfort home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,534, 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 Glen Comfort's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glen Comfort
Glen Comfort runs older 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 Glen Comfort.
Who works in Glen Comfort, and how
Work in Glen Comfort centers on professional & technical and real estate. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Glen Comfort
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Glen Comfort.
What the weather is like in Glen Comfort, month by month
Glen Comfort sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 68° | 50° | 35° |
| July | 94° | 76° | 59° |
| October | 71° | 52° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Glen Comfort
Denver International sits about 53 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 Glen Comfort
Schools across Glen Comfort average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Estes Park K-5 SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Estes Park Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Estes Park High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Comfort school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Comfort 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 Glen Comfort against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glen Comfort
Is Glen Comfort a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Comfort ranks 22,007th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, population health, and an educated workforce, 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 Glen Comfort expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $578,728. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $107,534 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Glen Comfort safe?
Glen Comfort is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
Compare Glen Comfort with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Comfort. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Comfort 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.
Glen Comfort detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Comfort: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Comfort: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Comfort: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Comfort: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Comfort 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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