Best PlacesHighline Villages, Aurora, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Highline Villages, Aurora, 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.
Highline Villages, Aurora ranks 4,908th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Highline Villages, Aurora
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.
Highline Villages, Aurora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Highline Villages, Aurora ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 68% of neighborhoods
Where Highline Villages, Aurora ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Highline Villages, Aurora
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Highline Villages, Aurora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,900, 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 Highline Villages, Aurora's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Highline Villages, Aurora
Highline Villages, Aurora runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Highline Villages, Aurora.
Who works in Highline Villages, Aurora, and how
Work in Highline Villages, Aurora centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Highline Villages, Aurora
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Highline Villages, Aurora.
What the weather is like in Highline Villages, Aurora, month by month
Highline Villages, Aurora 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 Highline Villages, Aurora
Denver International sits about 14 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 Highline Villages, Aurora
Schools across Highline Villages, Aurora average a C, better than 40% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Aurora Quest K-8A+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Middle SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- William Smith High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Highline Villages, Aurora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Highline Villages, Aurora 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 Highline Villages, Aurora against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Highline Villages, Aurora
Is Highline Villages, Aurora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Highline Villages, Aurora ranks 4,908th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and transit, and lowest on cell coverage and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Highline Villages, Aurora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,469. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $64,900 median income, cost of living beats 32% of neighborhoods.
Is Highline Villages, Aurora safe?
Highline Villages, Aurora is safer than 33% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $790 per resident a year.
Compare Highline Villages, Aurora with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Highline Villages, Aurora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Highline Villages, Aurora 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.
Highline Villages, Aurora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Highline Villages, Aurora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Highline Villages, Aurora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Highline Villages, Aurora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Highline Villages, Aurora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Highline Villages, Aurora 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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