Best PlacesShamballah-Ashrama, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shamballah-Ashrama, 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.
Shamballah-Ashrama ranks 3,220th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shamballah-Ashrama
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.
Shamballah-Ashrama's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shamballah-Ashrama ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$158,608 median, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Shamballah-Ashrama 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
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shamballah-Ashrama
A household needs to earn about $204,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shamballah-Ashrama home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $158,608, 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 Shamballah-Ashrama'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 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 Shamballah-Ashrama
Shamballah-Ashrama runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shamballah-Ashrama.
Who works in Shamballah-Ashrama, and how
Work in Shamballah-Ashrama centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shamballah-Ashrama
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shamballah-Ashrama.
What the weather is like in Shamballah-Ashrama, month by month
Shamballah-Ashrama sees roughly 155 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 Shamballah-Ashrama
Denver International sits about 38 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 Shamballah-Ashrama
Schools across Shamballah-Ashrama average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roxborough IntermediateB− · 43% proficient
- Sedalia Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ranch View Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Castle Rock Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Thunderridge High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Castle View High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shamballah-Ashrama school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shamballah-Ashrama 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 Shamballah-Ashrama against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shamballah-Ashrama
Is Shamballah-Ashrama a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shamballah-Ashrama ranks 3,220th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, high incomes, and what local pay buys, 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 Shamballah-Ashrama expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $802,441. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $158,608 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Shamballah-Ashrama safe?
Yes, Shamballah-Ashrama is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
Compare Shamballah-Ashrama with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shamballah-Ashrama. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shamballah-Ashrama 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.
Shamballah-Ashrama detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shamballah-Ashrama: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shamballah-Ashrama: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shamballah-Ashrama: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shamballah-Ashrama: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shamballah-Ashrama 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.
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