Best PlacesOlympus Heights, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Olympus Heights, 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.
Olympus Heights ranks 45,582nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Olympus Heights
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.
Olympus Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Olympus Heights ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Olympus Heights ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,660 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Short commute44.8 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Olympus Heights
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Olympus Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,934, 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 Olympus Heights' effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Olympus Heights
Olympus Heights runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Olympus Heights.
Who works in Olympus Heights, and how
Work in Olympus Heights centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Olympus Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Olympus Heights.
What the weather is like in Olympus Heights, month by month
Olympus Heights sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 28° | 15° |
| April | 66° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 56° |
| October | 69° | 50° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Olympus Heights
Denver International sits about 55 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 Olympus Heights
Schools across Olympus Heights average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Big Thompson Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Estes Park K-5 SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Estes Park Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Walt Clark Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Estes Park High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Thompson Valley High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Olympus Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Olympus Heights 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 Olympus Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Olympus Heights
Is Olympus Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Olympus Heights ranks 45,582nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, population health, and an educated workforce, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Olympus Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $569,361. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $67,934 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Olympus Heights safe?
Olympus Heights is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $520 per resident a year.
Compare Olympus Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Olympus Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Olympus Heights 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.
Olympus Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Olympus Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Olympus Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Olympus Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Olympus Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Olympus Heights 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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