Best PlacesKen Caryl, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ken Caryl, 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.
Ken Caryl ranks 414th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ken Caryl
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 Ken Caryl
The parts of Ken Caryl, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Meadows
Ken Caryl Ranch Plains
Stony Creek
Kipling Hills
Charter
Scores across Ken Caryl run from about the 68th to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Ken Caryl's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ken Caryl ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 99% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of cities
- BikingBetter than 91% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of cities
Where Ken Caryl ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 6% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 30% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 32% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ken Caryl
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ken Caryl home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $129,073, 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 Ken Caryl'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 Ken Caryl
Ken Caryl runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ken Caryl.
Who works in Ken Caryl, and how
Work in Ken Caryl 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 68%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Ken Caryl
Ken Caryl has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ken Caryl and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ken Caryl, month by month
Ken Caryl sees roughly 150 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 Ken Caryl
Denver International sits about 30 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 Ken Caryl
Schools across Ken Caryl average a B+, better than 68% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Shaffer Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Coronado Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Stony Creek Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Falcon Bluffs Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Chatfield High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Dakota Ridge Senior High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ken Caryl school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ken Caryl 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 Ken Caryl against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ken Caryl suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 84% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 27% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ken Caryl
Is Ken Caryl a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ken Caryl ranks 414th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, heat safety, and civic engagement, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ken Caryl expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $616,390. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $129,073 median income, cost of living beats 84% of cities.
Is Ken Caryl safe?
Ken Caryl is safer than 45% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $444 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ken Caryl?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 18. That works out to about 150 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Ken Caryl?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Meadows, Ken Caryl Ranch Plains, and Stony Creek. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Ken Caryl with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ken Caryl. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ken Caryl 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.
Ken Caryl detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ken Caryl: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ken Caryl: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ken Caryl: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ken Caryl: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ken Caryl 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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