Best PlacesParkdale, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parkdale, 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.
Parkdale ranks 37,160th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Parkdale
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.
Parkdale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Parkdale ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 76% of towns
Where Parkdale ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Parkdale
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parkdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,351, 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 Parkdale's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Parkdale
Parkdale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Parkdale.
Who works in Parkdale, and how
Work in Parkdale centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Parkdale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Parkdale.
What the weather is like in Parkdale, month by month
Parkdale sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 68 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs July.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| April | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| July | 68° | 56° | 48° |
| October | 49° | 38° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Parkdale
The nearest airport, City of Colorado Springs Municipal, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Parkdale
Schools across Parkdale average a B, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Canon Exploratory SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Lincoln School Of Science And TechnologyC+ · 38% proficient
- Cresson Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crest AcademyA+ · 75% proficient
Top high schools
- Salida High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Canon City High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parkdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parkdale 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 Parkdale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Parkdale
Is Parkdale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parkdale ranks 37,160th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parkdale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $475,845. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $77,351 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Parkdale safe?
Parkdale is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $809 per resident a year.
Compare Parkdale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parkdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parkdale 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.
Parkdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parkdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parkdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parkdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parkdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parkdale 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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