Best PlacesRoxborough Park, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roxborough Park, 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.
Roxborough Park ranks 979th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Roxborough Park
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.
Roxborough Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roxborough Park ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$174,445 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
Where Roxborough Park ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,607 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute35.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roxborough Park
A household needs to earn about $188,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roxborough Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $174,445; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Roxborough Park's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Roxborough Park
Roxborough Park runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Roxborough Park.
Who works in Roxborough Park, and how
Work in Roxborough Park centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Roxborough Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roxborough Park.
What the weather is like in Roxborough Park, month by month
Roxborough Park sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 64° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 69° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Roxborough Park
Denver International sits about 34 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 Roxborough Park
Schools across Roxborough Park average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roxborough IntermediateB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ranch View Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Thunderridge High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roxborough Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roxborough Park 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 Roxborough Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roxborough Park
Is Roxborough Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roxborough Park ranks 979th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roxborough Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $738,835. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $174,445 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Roxborough Park safe?
Yes, Roxborough Park is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Roxborough Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roxborough Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roxborough Park 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.
Roxborough Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roxborough Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roxborough Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roxborough Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roxborough Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roxborough Park 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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