Best PlacesGreenwood Village, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greenwood Village, 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.
Greenwood Village ranks 803rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Greenwood Village
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.
Greenwood Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greenwood Village ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$188,829 median, better than 99% of towns
Where Greenwood Village ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,581 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greenwood Village
A household needs to earn about $301,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greenwood Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $188,829, 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 Greenwood Village's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Greenwood Village
Greenwood Village runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greenwood Village.
Who works in Greenwood Village, and how
Work in Greenwood Village centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Greenwood Village
Greenwood Village has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Greenwood Village and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greenwood Village, month by month
Greenwood Village sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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 | 64° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 69° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Greenwood Village
Denver International sits about 21 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 Greenwood Village
Schools across Greenwood Village average a B−, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Lois Lenski Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Cherry Hills Village Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Campus Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Newton Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- West Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Cherry Creek High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Littleton High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Endeavor AcademyD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greenwood Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greenwood Village 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 Greenwood Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Greenwood Village suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 100% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 32% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Greenwood Village
Is Greenwood Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greenwood Village ranks 803rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and population health, 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 Greenwood Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,191,049. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $188,829 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Greenwood Village safe?
Greenwood Village is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $606 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Greenwood Village?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 18. That works out to about 149 pleasant days a year, more than 92% of towns.
Is Greenwood Village good for families?
Schools beat 65% of towns, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $1,581 a month.
Compare Greenwood Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greenwood Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greenwood Village 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.
Greenwood Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greenwood Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greenwood Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greenwood Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greenwood Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greenwood Village 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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