Four Square MileCO
A town of 23,024.
Is Four Square Mile a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Four Square Mile grades A− overall, 43rd among Colorado's 158 graded towns. It is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Its schools outperform 83% of the state's and it is healthier than 81% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $474K for a typical one and 4.5 times the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. Among 159 Colorado towns, just 5 have a lower share of households owning their home than Four Square Mile.
What makes Four Square Mile stand out
Where Four Square Mile beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Four Square Mile for work
Where Four Square Mile’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Four Square Mile grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Four Square Mile is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Empower Field at Mile High and 56 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Four Square Mile. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
Big draw17 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
8 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
8 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
9 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods Park
8 mi Theme parkElitch Gardens Theme ParkPhoto credits
Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0 · Elitch Gardens Theme Park: USGS, Public domain
Moving to Four Square Mile: who provides what
Four Square Mile 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 Four Square Mile.
Four Square Mile is mostly renters, has a shorter frost-free season than most of the country, though not than most of Colorado and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Colorado.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Bears Learning Center PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K | Grades K | 12 | – |
| Denver Jewish Day School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 325 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
For health, Four Square Mile earns an A−
Within Colorado it is less healthy than 60% of the 159 graded towns: Colorado sets a high bar.
68% of adults had a checkup this year in Four Square Mile, below both the Colorado town median (71%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). 26% of Four Square Mile adults have high blood pressure. Four Square Mile beats the Colorado average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Four Square Mile | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 71% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 27% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 8.5% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Four Square Mile | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.2% | 5.1% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18.3% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 9.6% of Four Square Mile
3.8 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. At 1.4 miles per square mile, Four Square Mile’s trail density is against 1.3 in Colorado’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Four Square Mile | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.6% | 6.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tsistsistas-Hinono'ei Park | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| 2. Welch Park | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| 3. Long's Pine Grove Park | 0.2 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About two in five of Four Square Mile’s working residents commute to Denver
Most working residents leave Four Square Mile for work: only 3% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line in Four Square Mile. Jobs based in Four Square Mile grew to 6,140 in 2023, 1,170 more than in 2013.
| Four Square Mile | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More young adults than Colorado overall
Only 26.4% of households own their home, against 66.2% across Colorado.
Adults 18 to 34 are 37% of residents (25% statewide); people 65 and older are 7% of residents (16% statewide). Four Square Mile’s median age is 31.2 years. 47% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 46% across Colorado.
| Four Square Mile | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 7.5% | 15% | 18% |
| Median age | 31.2 years | 38.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 44% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.8 points). Across Colorado, 49.3% of residents are women. Median age: women 32.1, men 31.0.
| Four Square Mile | CO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 10.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 27.2% | 15.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.2% | 14.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.1% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.5% | 11.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.8% | 9.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.6% | 5.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6% | 7.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.4% | 19.7% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.6% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.4% | 28.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.6% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Four Square Mile has snowy winters and hot summers
The Denver-stapleton weather station, 6 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 156 days: shorter than most of the country, but longer than 77% of Colorado places with climate records.
Four Square Mile has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Four Square Mile is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Four Square Mile, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For cost of living, Four Square Mile earns a C−
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Four Square Mile
Colleges nearby
18 within 15 miles of the center of Four Square Mile
About 9 of every 100 Four Square Mile residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
About Four Square Mile
Census-designated place in Arapahoe County, CO, USA
Four Square Mile is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The population was 22,872 at the 2020 census. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The CDP is surrounded by Denver on the north, west, and south and by Aurora on the east. The name is derived from the four square miles bounded by Quebec Street, Mississippi Avenue, Havana Street and Yale Avenue. Annexation of the Arapahoe County enclave was contested between Denver and Aurora in the early 1970s, with Denver annexing east from Quebec Street and Aurora west from Havana Street. Denver’s annexations …
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Four Square Mile’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Four Square Mile.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Square Mile | #43 | A− | C− | — | A− | A− |
| Denver | #119 | C+ | C− | D− | B− | A |
| Aurora | #122 | C | C | D− | B | B+ |
Four Square Mile reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Four Square Mile with a neighbor →
Questions about Four Square Mile
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Four Square Mile, CO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Four Square Mile grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #43 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Four Square Mile, CO expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $474,000, 10% 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−.