Best PlacesHygiene, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hygiene, 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.
Hygiene ranks 5,198th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hygiene
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.
Hygiene's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hygiene ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$128,385 median, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
Where Hygiene ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,811 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hygiene
A household needs to earn about $232,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hygiene home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $128,385, 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 Hygiene'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 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 Hygiene
Hygiene 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 Hygiene.
Who works in Hygiene, and how
Work in Hygiene 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 62%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hygiene
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hygiene.
What the weather is like in Hygiene, month by month
Hygiene sees roughly 100 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 Hygiene
Denver International sits about 39 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 Hygiene
Schools across Hygiene average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blue Mountain ElementaryA · 70% proficient
- Lyons Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Berthoud Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Altona Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Westview Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Turner Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Silver Creek High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Lyons Middle/senior High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Berthoud High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hygiene school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hygiene 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 Hygiene against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hygiene
Is Hygiene a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hygiene ranks 5,198th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, high incomes, and an educated workforce, 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 Hygiene expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $922,996. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $128,385 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Hygiene safe?
Yes, Hygiene is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Hygiene with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hygiene. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hygiene 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.
Hygiene detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hygiene: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hygiene: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hygiene: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hygiene: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hygiene 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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