Best PlacesGreeley, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Greeley metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Greeley ranks 151st of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $100,105, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are air quality, thin health care access, and state finances.
The best neighborhoods in the Greeley metro
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.
The best areas in Greeley
The towns and districts of the Greeley metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Erie, Firestone & Frederick
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more adults hold degrees.
Windsor
Crime runs lower and schools score higher.
Johnstown & Mead
More residents vote, though biking is worse.
Severance & Pierce
Prices have run up less and it is quieter.
Downtown Greeley
More households have young kids.
Keenesburg & Hudson
Commutes are longer and advertised internet is slower.
Fort Lupton, Lochbuie & Platteville
Health care is harder to reach.
La Salle & Kersey
Homes cost less and streets are more walkable.
Eaton
Health outcomes score lower and more homes sit empty.
Greeley shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 3% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Greeley's strengths and weaknesses
Greeley lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Few empty homes is the standout, in the top 1% of metro areas. Population health and high incomes follow.
The one real hole is air quality, near the bottom of the country. Thin health care access and state finances also cost it ground. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Greeley ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 99% of metro areas
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of metro areas
- Household income$100,105 median, better than 87% of metro areas
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of metro areas
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of metro areas
Where Greeley ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of metro areas
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of metro areas
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of metro areas
- School gradeC−, better than only 8% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Greeley
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greeley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $100,105, 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 Greeley'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, 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 Greeley
Greeley runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greeley.
Who works in Greeley, and how
Work in Greeley centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Greeley
Greeley has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas and less late-night activity than most metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Greeley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Greeley growing, and who is moving in?
Greeley has grown about 33% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Denver, CO.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Greeley go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Greeley, month by month
Greeley sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 25° | 10° |
| April | 67° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 94° | 74° | 57° |
| October | 69° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Greeley
Denver International sits about 38 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 Greeley
Schools across Greeley average a C−, better than 8% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Benjamin Eaton Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Grandview Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Range View ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Windsor Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Severance Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Eaton Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College AcademyB · 50% proficient
- Windsor High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Platte Valley High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greeley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greeley 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 Greeley against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Greeley suits
Families
Schools land around the 8th percentile and crime safety beats 64%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of metro areas and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Greeley
Is Greeley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greeley ranks 151st of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on few empty homes, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greeley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $476,838. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $100,105 median income, cost of living beats 83% of metro areas.
Is Greeley safe?
Yes, Greeley is safer than 64% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $431 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Greeley?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 10. That works out to about 142 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Greeley?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Erie, Firestone & Frederick, Windsor, and Johnstown & Mead. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Greeley good for families?
Schools beat 8% of metro areas, crime safety beats 64%, and childcare runs $1,425 a month.
Is Greeley good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 17% of metro areas. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Greeley with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greeley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greeley 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.
Greeley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greeley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greeley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greeley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greeley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greeley 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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