Best PlacesNederland, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nederland, 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.
Nederland ranks 14,966th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nederland
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.
Nederland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nederland ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
Where Nederland ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,825 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nederland
A household needs to earn about $201,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nederland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $116,711, 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 Nederland'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 Nederland
Nederland 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 Nederland.
Who works in Nederland, and how
Work in Nederland 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 46%
- Work from home 46%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Nederland
Nederland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Nederland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nederland, month by month
Nederland sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 70 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 20° | 12° |
| April | 43° | 31° | 22° |
| July | 70° | 56° | 43° |
| October | 50° | 37° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Nederland
Denver International sits about 44 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 Nederland
Schools across Nederland average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coal Creek Canyon K-8 Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Nederland Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Pioneer Bilingual Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manhattan Middle School Of The Arts And AcademicsB− · 42% proficient
- Casey Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- New Vista High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Nederland Middle-senior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nederland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nederland 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 Nederland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nederland
Is Nederland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nederland ranks 14,966th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, 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 Nederland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $797,165. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $116,711 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Nederland safe?
Nederland is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $967 per resident a year.
Compare Nederland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nederland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nederland 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.
Nederland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nederland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nederland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nederland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nederland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nederland 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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