Living in Grand View Estates, CO
Grand View Estates is a tiny town of 567 people in Douglas County, Colorado. It's about 15 miles from Denver, CO. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 60 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $901k and rent runs about $2k a month.
567people
$901kTypical home
$2,193/moRent
88° / 45°Summer / winter
60"Snow
284Sunny days
84Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 567
- Part of a metro area
- About 568 people per sq mi
- 15 mi to Denver, CO
- 15 mi to Denver, CO
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $901k (≈$5,682/mo)
- Median rent $2,193/mo
- Median household income $181k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 284 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 81 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 84 days a year with rain or snow
- 60" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 23 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (174 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,256 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 50% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 58% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 15% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to DEN airport
- 23 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 55 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,863 ft
- 740 mi to the ocean
- 66 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 74 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,984 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 369 bars within 25 mi
- 700 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 32 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 48 museums within 25 mi
- 111 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 14% of Colorado districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Douglas County: R+7 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.