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The town has 4,806 residents and lies in Colorado.
Dove Valley does the important things well, at a cost. The town grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns. Its place in the ranking is 37th of 158 in Colorado. Health is its strong suit (A): it is healthier than 88% of U.S. towns. Add schools to its strengths — its public schools beat 83% of Colorado towns on state tests and graduation. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $456K, 4.3 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. Seventeen Mile House is on the National Register of Historic Places. 5.6% of residents are 65 or older in the town, below both the Colorado town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.
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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.
Employers in Dove Valley added 1,064 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 4,233. Only 1% of working residents stay in Dove Valley for work; the rest commute out. The mean commuting time here is 23 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 10 miles.
| 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
That grade comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $456K.
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Dove Valley’s public school: 90 students.
| 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 54% 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.
Two figures for adults in Dove Valley: 21% have high blood pressure, 21% binge drink. Only 5 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Dove Valley. Also worth knowing: 5.8% of adults have diabetes here. Of 26 CDC measures, Dove Valley beats the Colorado average on 9 and trails it on 6.
| 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
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 3.7 miles of trail. For Dove Valley, the concentration of trails is 1.2 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: one, of 4 acres.
| 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 just over three quarters of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Dove Valley, 59% come from hail and 17% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Only 34% of households own their home, against 66.2% across Colorado.
The share of adults 25 and older in Dove Valley who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 44%. People 65 and older are 6% of residents (16% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 34% of residents (25% statewide). The town’s midpoint age is 33 years.
| Dove Valley | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 5.6% | 15% | 18% |
| 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
A winter brings about 64 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 88°.
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.
Dove Valley: just over a third of households are owner-occupiers. The rent at the middle of the market for Dove Valley comes to $1,934 a month.
| 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−.
