Best PlacesMar Lee, Denver, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mar Lee, Denver, 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.
Mar Lee, Denver ranks 3,958th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mar Lee, Denver
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.
Mar Lee, Denver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mar Lee, Denver ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Mar Lee, Denver ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,827 a month, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mar Lee, Denver
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mar Lee, Denver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,182, 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 Mar Lee, Denver's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Mar Lee, Denver
Mar Lee, Denver 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 Mar Lee, Denver.
Who works in Mar Lee, Denver, and how
Work in Mar Lee, Denver centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Mar Lee, Denver
Mar Lee, Denver has more parkland per resident than 78% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Mar Lee, Denver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mar Lee, Denver, month by month
Mar Lee, Denver sees roughly 147 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 Mar Lee, Denver
Denver International sits about 23 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 Mar Lee, Denver
Schools across Mar Lee, Denver average a D, better than 11% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Charles M. Schenck (cms) Community SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Joe Shoemaker SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Denison Montessori SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Denver Montessori Junior/senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- John F Kennedy High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Excel AcademyF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mar Lee, Denver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mar Lee, Denver 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 Mar Lee, Denver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mar Lee, Denver
Is Mar Lee, Denver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mar Lee, Denver ranks 3,958th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, a stable housing market, and few empty homes, and lowest on thin health care access and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mar Lee, Denver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $439,213. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $78,182 median income, cost of living beats 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Mar Lee, Denver safe?
Mar Lee, Denver is safer than 40% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $715 per resident a year.
Compare Mar Lee, Denver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mar Lee, Denver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mar Lee, Denver 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.
Mar Lee, Denver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mar Lee, Denver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mar Lee, Denver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mar Lee, Denver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mar Lee, Denver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mar Lee, Denver 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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