Cherry CreekCO
A town of 10,721.
Is Cherry Creek a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cherry Creek grades A overall, ranked 15th of 158 in Colorado. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates. The median household earns $154K and its schools outperform 83% of the state's. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $848K, 8 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. 76% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cherry Creek, above both the Colorado town median (44%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Cherry Creek is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
What makes Cherry Creek stand out
Where Cherry Creek beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Cherry Creek | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 9.2% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Charter Academy | K–8 | 594 |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary School | PK–5 | 533 |
| High Plains Elementary School | PK–5 | 462 |
99% of working residents leave Cherry Creek for work
Where Cherry Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cherry Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Cherry Creek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Red Rocks Amphitheatre and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cherry Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
12 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
12 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
11 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
14 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods ParkPhoto credits
Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Cherry Creek: who provides what
Cherry Creek is unincorporated, so Arapahoe County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cherry Creek.
Cherry Creek is among the three healthiest towns in Colorado and sends most of its workers to Denver and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Colorado.
A smaller share of adults report frequent mental distress in Cherry Creek than in most of Colorado or the rest of the country
It ranks #2 of the 159 Colorado towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Colorado is tooth loss: 4.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.2% statewide.
13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Cherry Creek. Only 9 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Cherry Creek. 10% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Cherry Creek.
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cherry Creek | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 9.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 11.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Cherry Creek earns an A−
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $848K.
Its public schools are run by the Cherry Creek School District No. 5. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Charter AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 594 | A |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 533 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
For cost of living, Cherry Creek earns a D
At 8 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income, the typical home (about $848K) costs more against local pay than in 80% of Colorado towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $4,699, against $2,602 across Colorado, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Cherry Creek’s median rent is $2,093 a month. The typical Cherry Creek home is worth about $848,000, about the same as a year ago, 60% above the Colorado typical home. 80% of Cherry Creek households own their home.
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,093 a month | $1,807 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 71% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents commute out of Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek has 806 jobs for its 5,541 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 33.2% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado.
Most working residents leave Cherry Creek for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Cherry Creek has added 95 jobs, to 806 in 2023. The top destinations are Denver (29%), Greenwood Village (12%) and Aurora (10%).
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 33% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $154,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and hot summers in Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 19° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 4.6% of Cherry Creek
1.2 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Cherry Creek is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peakview Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 2. Cherry Creek State Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Lakewiew Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cherry Creek faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Cherry Creek since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Cherry Creek
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Cherry Creek
About 5 of every 100 Cherry Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
About Cherry Creek
Census-designated place in Arapahoe County, CO, USA
Cherry Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Cherry Creek CDP was 11,488 at the United States Census 2020. The ZIP code 80111 serves the area.
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- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
Cherry Creek’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Cherry Creek.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek | #15 | A | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Greenwood Village | #77 | B | D | D− | A | A+ |
| Centennial | #36 | A− | C− | C+ | A | A+ |
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Questions about Cherry Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cherry Creek, CO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cherry Creek grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #15 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Cherry Creek, CO expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.