Best PlacesNorthglenn, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Northglenn, 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.
Northglenn ranks 1,306th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Northglenn
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.
Northglenn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Northglenn ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- BikingBetter than 97% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of cities
- TransitBetter than 84% of cities
Where Northglenn ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,598 a month, better than only 10% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Northglenn
A household needs to earn about $125,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Northglenn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,809, 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 Northglenn's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Northglenn
Northglenn runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Northglenn.
Who works in Northglenn, and how
Work in Northglenn centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Northglenn
Northglenn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 94% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Northglenn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Northglenn, month by month
Northglenn sees roughly 133 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 Northglenn
Denver International sits about 16 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 Northglenn
Schools across Northglenn average a D, better than 4% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hulstrom Options K-8 SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Stem LabB− · 43% proficient
- Cotton Creek Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prairie View Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Century Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Silver Hills Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Horizon High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Mountain Range High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Prairie View High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Northglenn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Northglenn 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 Northglenn against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Northglenn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Northglenn
Is Northglenn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Northglenn ranks 1,306th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, biking, and few empty homes, and lowest on the schools and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Northglenn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $489,972. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $93,809 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Northglenn safe?
Northglenn is safer than 22% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $574 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Northglenn?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 133 pleasant days a year, more than 77% of cities.
Is Northglenn good for families?
Schools beat 4% of cities, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $1,598 a month.
Compare Northglenn with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Northglenn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Northglenn 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.
Northglenn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Northglenn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Northglenn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Northglenn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Northglenn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Northglenn 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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