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A town of 4,806.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dove Valley grades A− overall, 37th among Colorado's 158 graded towns. 8% of its land is conserved. Residents are healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its schools outperform 83% of the state's. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $456K, 4.3 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. 5.6% of residents are 65 or older in Dove Valley, below both the Colorado town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Dove Valley is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 82% of U.S. towns. Seventeen Mile House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Dove Valley beats most towns.
Where Dove Valley’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 Dove Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2014 and 5 maps from 1949 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dove Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
15 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
15 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
13 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
16 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods 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 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0
Dove Valley 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Dove Valley.
Dove Valley draws workers from Denver and beyond, pairs an A− for schools with high home prices and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Colorado.
4,233 jobs are based in Dove Valley, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 3,169 in 2013 to 4,233.
Most working residents leave Dove Valley for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Dove Valley has added 1,064 jobs, to 4,233 in 2023. The average trip to work in Dove Valley is 23 minutes.
| Dove Valley | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 19% | 18% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its A− for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $456K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Skies AcademyLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 90 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
Within Colorado it is less healthy than 53% of the 159 graded towns: Colorado sets a high bar. Its widest gap with Colorado is heart disease: 2.9% of its 4,165 adults have heart disease, against 5.1% statewide.
65% of Dove Valley adults had a checkup this year. Dove Valley beats the Colorado average on 9 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 21% of Dove Valley adults have high blood pressure.
| Dove Valley | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 65% | 71% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 27% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.8% | 8.5% | 12% |
| What stands out | Dove Valley | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.7% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 59.5% | 69.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
3.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Dove Valley’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile.
| Dove Valley | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.2 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.2% | 6.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 17 Mile House Farm Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Only 34% of households own their home, against 66.2% across Colorado.
People 65 and older are 6% of residents (16% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 34% of residents (25% statewide). 44% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Dove Valley.
| Dove Valley | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 years | 38.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 44% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±9.8 points. Across Colorado, 49.3% of residents are women.
| Dove Valley | CO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 10.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 22.8% | 15.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 21.9% | 14.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 4.2% | 11.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.4% | 9.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.2% | 5.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 7.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.9% | 19.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.9% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24% | 28.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,800, single groups can be off by several points
Dove Valley 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.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
67.7% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.9% across Colorado.
Only 6 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of households owning their home than Dove Valley.
| Dove Valley | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 34% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,934 a month | $1,807 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
14 within 15 miles of the center of Dove Valley
About 4 of every 100 Dove Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
Census-designated place in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States
Dove Valley is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Dove Valley CDP was 5,640 at the United States Census 2020. The CDP is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The Dove Valley Metropolitan District provides services to the area, which lies in ZIP code 80112.
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2 towns share a border with Dove Valley.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dove Valley | #37 | A− | C− | — | A− | A |
| Centennial | #36 | A− | C− | C+ | A | A+ |
| Inverness | #18 | A | D− | — | A− | A+ |
Dove Valley and Inverness report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dove Valley with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Dove Valley grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #37 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $456,000, 14% below the Colorado typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
