Best PlacesGlendale, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glendale, 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.
Glendale ranks 13,512th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glendale
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.
Glendale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glendale ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
Where Glendale ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,633 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glendale
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glendale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,029, 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 Glendale's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glendale
Glendale 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 Glendale.
Who works in Glendale, and how
Work in Glendale centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Glendale
Glendale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Glendale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glendale, month by month
Glendale sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 70° | 51° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Glendale
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 Glendale
Schools across Glendale average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Holly Hills Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Joe Shoemaker SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- George Washington High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- South High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Denver Montessori Junior/senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glendale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glendale 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 Glendale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glendale
Is Glendale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glendale ranks 13,512th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glendale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $496,513. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $77,029 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Glendale safe?
Glendale is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $757 per resident a year.
Compare Glendale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glendale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glendale 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.
Glendale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glendale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glendale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glendale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glendale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glendale 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.