Best PlacesWillow Park, Aurora, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Willow Park, Aurora, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Willow Park, Aurora ranks 2,463rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Willow Park, Aurora
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.
Willow Park, Aurora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Willow Park, Aurora ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Willow Park, Aurora ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,581 a month, better than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Short commute29.6 minutes each way, better than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Willow Park, Aurora
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Willow Park, Aurora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $101,114; 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 Willow Park, Aurora's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Willow Park, Aurora
Willow Park, Aurora 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 Willow Park, Aurora.
Who works in Willow Park, Aurora, and how
Work in Willow Park, Aurora centers on retail trade and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Willow Park, Aurora
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Willow Park, Aurora.
What the weather is like in Willow Park, Aurora, month by month
Willow Park, Aurora sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 65° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 70° | 51° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Willow Park, Aurora
Denver International sits about 14 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 Willow Park, Aurora
Schools across Willow Park, Aurora average a C, better than 41% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Aurora Quest K-8A+ · 73% proficient
- Jewell Elementary SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Aurora Hills Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- William Smith High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Gateway High SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Willow Park, Aurora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Willow Park, Aurora 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 Willow Park, Aurora against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Willow Park, Aurora
Is Willow Park, Aurora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Willow Park, Aurora ranks 2,463rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on state finances and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Willow Park, Aurora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $438,563. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $101,114 median income, cost of living beats 75% of neighborhoods.
Is Willow Park, Aurora safe?
Willow Park, Aurora is safer than 50% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $645 per resident a year.
Compare Willow Park, Aurora with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Willow Park, Aurora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Willow Park, Aurora 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.
Willow Park, Aurora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Willow Park, Aurora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Willow Park, Aurora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Willow Park, Aurora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Willow Park, Aurora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Willow Park, Aurora 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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