Best PlacesSilver Plume, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Plume, 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.
Silver Plume ranks 46,900th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Plume
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.
Silver Plume's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Plume ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
Where Silver Plume ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 46 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Plume
A household needs to earn about $139,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Plume home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,875, 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 Silver Plume's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Silver Plume
Silver Plume runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Silver Plume.
Who works in Silver Plume, and how
Work in Silver Plume centers on real estate and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Silver Plume
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Silver Plume.
What the weather is like in Silver Plume, month by month
Silver Plume sees roughly 46 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 55 degrees. January highs sit near 15, with lows near 4. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15° | 9° | 4° |
| April | 29° | 21° | 16° |
| July | 55° | 47° | 41° |
| October | 35° | 28° | 23° |
Flying in and out of Silver Plume
Denver International sits about 58 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 Silver Plume
Schools across Silver Plume average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- King-murphy Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clear Creek Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Clear Creek High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver Plume school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver Plume 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 Silver Plume against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Plume
Is Silver Plume a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Plume ranks 46,900th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, an educated workforce, and a strong job market, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Plume expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $556,400. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $51,875 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Silver Plume safe?
Silver Plume is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,069 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Plume with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Plume. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Plume 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.
Silver Plume detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Plume: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Plume: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Plume: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Plume: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Plume 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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