Best PlacesKittredge, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kittredge, 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.
Kittredge ranks 7,113th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kittredge
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.
Kittredge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kittredge ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$177,018 median, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Kittredge ranks low
- Short commute53.2 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kittredge
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kittredge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $177,018, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Kittredge's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Kittredge
Kittredge runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kittredge.
Who works in Kittredge, and how
Work in Kittredge centers on education and real estate. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kittredge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kittredge.
What the weather is like in Kittredge, month by month
Kittredge sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Kittredge
Denver International sits about 36 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 Kittredge
Schools across Kittredge average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson County Open Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kittredge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kittredge 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 Kittredge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kittredge
Is Kittredge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kittredge ranks 7,113th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kittredge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $566,188. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $177,018 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Kittredge safe?
Kittredge is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $452 per resident a year.
Compare Kittredge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kittredge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kittredge 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.
Kittredge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kittredge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kittredge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kittredge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kittredge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kittredge 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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