Best PlacesSphinx Park, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sphinx 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.
Sphinx Park ranks 18,266th 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 Sphinx 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.
Sphinx Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sphinx Park ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$114,861 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Sphinx Park ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,769 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.8 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sphinx Park
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sphinx Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $114,861, 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 Sphinx Park's effective rate of 0.40%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sphinx Park
Sphinx Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sphinx Park.
Who works in Sphinx Park, and how
Work in Sphinx Park centers on professional & technical and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 43%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sphinx Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sphinx Park.
What the weather is like in Sphinx Park, month by month
Sphinx Park sees roughly 164 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 Sphinx Park
Denver International sits about 46 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 Sphinx Park
Schools across Sphinx Park average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elk Creek Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Jefferson Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Conifer Senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sphinx Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sphinx 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 Sphinx Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sphinx Park
Is Sphinx Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sphinx Park ranks 18,266th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, 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 Sphinx Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $632,800. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $114,861 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Sphinx Park safe?
Sphinx Park is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $528 per resident a year.
Compare Sphinx Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sphinx Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sphinx 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.
Sphinx Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sphinx Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sphinx Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sphinx Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sphinx Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sphinx 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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