Best PlacesPeckham, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peckham, 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.
Peckham ranks 29,694th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Peckham
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.
Peckham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peckham ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
Where Peckham ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,425 a month, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peckham
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peckham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $78,482, 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 Peckham's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Peckham
Peckham runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Peckham.
Who works in Peckham, and how
Work in Peckham centers on construction and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Peckham
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peckham.
What the weather is like in Peckham, month by month
Peckham sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 25° | 10° |
| April | 67° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 94° | 74° | 57° |
| October | 69° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Peckham
Denver International sits about 31 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 Peckham
Schools across Peckham average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Platteville Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Milliken Elementary SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Milliken Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- South Valley Middle SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Roosevelt High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Valley High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peckham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peckham 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 Peckham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peckham
Is Peckham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peckham ranks 29,694th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peckham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $418,196. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $78,482 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Peckham safe?
Yes, Peckham is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Peckham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peckham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peckham 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.
Peckham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peckham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peckham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peckham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peckham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peckham 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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