Best PlacesMorrison, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morrison, 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.
Morrison ranks 1,386th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Morrison
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.
Morrison's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morrison ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$179,672 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Morrison ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morrison
A household needs to earn about $257,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morrison home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $179,672, 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 Morrison's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Morrison
Morrison runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morrison.
Who works in Morrison, and how
Work in Morrison 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 61%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Morrison
Morrison has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Morrison and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Morrison, month by month
Morrison sees roughly 158 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 Morrison
Denver International sits about 34 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 Morrison
Schools across Morrison average a B+, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson County Open Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- West Jefferson Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
- West Jefferson Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Chatfield High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Conifer Senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morrison school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morrison 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 Morrison against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morrison
Is Morrison a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morrison ranks 1,386th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, 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 Morrison expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,016,745. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $179,672 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Morrison safe?
Yes, Morrison is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Morrison with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morrison. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morrison 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.
Morrison detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morrison: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morrison: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morrison: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morrison: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morrison 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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