Best PlacesWoody Creek, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woody Creek, 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.
Woody Creek ranks 20,445th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Woody Creek
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.
Woody Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woody Creek ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$132,262 median, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where Woody Creek ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,328 a month, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woody Creek
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woody Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,262, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Woody Creek's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Woody Creek
Woody Creek's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Woody Creek.
Who works in Woody Creek, and how
Work in Woody Creek centers on hospitality & food and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 33%
Life in Woody Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woody Creek.
What the weather is like in Woody Creek, month by month
Woody Creek sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 21° | 7° |
| April | 57° | 41° | 26° |
| July | 84° | 66° | 47° |
| October | 62° | 43° | 28° |
Flying in and out of Woody Creek
The nearest airport, Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woody Creek
Schools across Woody Creek average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Aspen Community Charter SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Aspen Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Basalt Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Aspen Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Basalt Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Aspen High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Basalt High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woody Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woody Creek 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 Woody Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woody Creek
Is Woody Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woody Creek ranks 20,445th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woody Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $469,949. The overall cost of living runs about 81% above the national average. Set against a $132,262 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Woody Creek safe?
Woody Creek is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,121 per resident a year.
Compare Woody Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woody Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woody Creek 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.
Woody Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woody Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woody Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woody Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woody Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woody Creek 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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