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Plenty to like here, at a price. Its strongest is health (A+). Taken together, its subjects give Cherry Hills Village an A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns. That places it 19th of 158 in Colorado. Incomes are another plus: the median household earns $250K. The catch is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $3.2 million, 30 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. This Colorado town has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Foster-Buell Estate and Little Estate. 83% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, against 44% in Colorado’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Cherry Hills Village beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Cherry Hills Village | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.9% | 9.2% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hills Village Elementary School | PK–5 | 491 |
| Kent Denver School | 6–12 | 761 |
| St. Mary's Academy | PK–12 | 699 |
Where Cherry Hills Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Cherry Hills Village is from typical.
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Census counts: 750 in 1950, 6,442 in 2020. The archive holds 14 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 6 maps from 1940 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cherry Hills Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
8 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
9 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
7 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
9 mi Theme parkElitch Gardens Theme ParkRed 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 · Elitch Gardens Theme Park: USGS, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cherry Hills Village, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Cherry Hills Village.
Cherry Hills Village is among the three healthiest towns in Colorado and reports less crime than Englewood or any other graded neighbor, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Colorado.
At 30 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income, the typical home (about $3.17M) costs more against local pay than in 99% of Colorado towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Values rose 6.3% in the past year while the Colorado typical home fell 1.3%.
The typical Cherry Hills Village home is worth about $3,173,000, 6 times the Colorado typical home. 97% of Cherry Hills Village households live in a home they own. A home in Cherry Hills Village typically sold within 38 days of listing.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $3.17M.
Two of its 3 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Cherry Creek School District No. 5. Enrollment at Cherry Hills Village’s public school: 491 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hills Village Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 491 | A+ |
| Kent Denver School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 761 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
It ranks #3 of the 159 Colorado towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Colorado is tooth loss: 3.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.2% statewide.
Among adults in Cherry Hills Village, 12% get no exercise outside work. The town does better than the Colorado average on 15 of 26 CDC measures and worse on 2. In Cherry Hills Village, just over a quarter of adults sleep under 7 hours, and 22% have obesity. Only 2 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Cherry Hills Village.
| Cherry Hills Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.8% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cherry Hills Village | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.9% | 9.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 11.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.7% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails total 16 miles in 4 parks and preserves. Cherry Hills Village’s concentration of trails stands at 2.5 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 4, covering 45 acres.
| Cherry Hills Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.5 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John Meade Park | 1.1 mi | 13 |
| 2. Woody Hollow Park | 0.8 mi | 14 |
| 3. Three Pond Park | 0.4 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
33.1% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado.
The top destinations are Denver (41%), Greenwood Village (7%) and Aurora (6%). For residents in Cherry Hills Village, the share who live below the poverty line is 2.3%. Jobs in Cherry Hills Village grew by 317 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,471. In Cherry Hills Village, the typical journey to work is 21 minutes.
| Cherry Hills Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 33% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its B+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Englewood (D−) comes closest. At 12.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 79% of Colorado’s graded towns.
Only 2 of the 93 Colorado towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Cherry Hills Village. Its rate of thefts and burglaries comes in at 8.5 per 1,000 residents. Police in Cherry Hills Village reported no violent crime.
| Cherry Hills Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.5 per 1,000 residents | 15.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expect July afternoons of 89° and January nights of 20°, with about 64 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected losses in Cherry Hills Village break down as 43% from inland flooding and 38% from hail. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 53% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 13 claims locally since 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
18 within 15 miles of the center of Cherry Hills Village
About 2 of every 100 Cherry Hills Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
5 places in Cherry Hills Village on the National Register of Historic Places.
Home-rule city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
The City of Cherry Hills Village is a home rule city located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. Just south of Denver, the city population was 6,442 at the 2020 United States census. Incorporated 81 years ago in 1945, Cherry Hills Village is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
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3 towns share a border with Cherry Hills Village.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Greenwood Village (B) comes closest. Englewood next door grades lower for schools (C− to Cherry Hills Village’s A−) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hills Village | #19 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Englewood | #131 | C | C | D− | C− | A |
| Denver | #119 | C+ | C− | D− | B− | A |
| Greenwood Village | #77 | B | D | D− | A | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cherry Hills Village grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #19 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
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.
