Best PlacesNorrie, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Norrie, 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.
Norrie ranks 22,907th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Norrie
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.
Norrie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Norrie ranks high
- Household income$173,337 median, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
Where Norrie ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Norrie
A household needs to earn about $285,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Norrie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $173,337, 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 Norrie's effective rate of 0.36%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Norrie
Norrie 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 Norrie.
Who works in Norrie, and how
Work in Norrie centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Norrie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Norrie.
What the weather is like in Norrie, month by month
Norrie sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 21° | 7° |
| April | 57° | 41° | 26° |
| July | 84° | 66° | 47° |
| October | 62° | 43° | 28° |
Flying in and out of Norrie
The nearest airport, Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Norrie
Schools across Norrie average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Basalt Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Red Hill Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
- Eagle Valley Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Valley Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Basalt Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Gypsum Creek Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Basalt High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Eagle Valley High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Norrie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Norrie 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 Norrie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Norrie
Is Norrie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Norrie ranks 22,907th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, an educated workforce, and population health, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Norrie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,160,719. The overall cost of living runs about 70% above the national average. Set against a $173,337 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Norrie safe?
Norrie is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $970 per resident a year.
Compare Norrie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Norrie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Norrie 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.
Norrie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Norrie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Norrie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Norrie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Norrie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Norrie 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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