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The town was settled in 1960 and has 15,323 residents today.
The picture is mixed. Its strongest is health (A+). What counts against it is safety (D−) — it reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, including 53 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. It also trails on cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $1.4 million, 13.1 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of 77th of 158 in Colorado. That leaves it better than 61% of U.S. towns. Greenwood Village is home to Platt College-Aurora. Nearly four in five 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 · FBI crime data, 2025 · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
Where Greenwood Village beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Greenwood Village | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 11.1% |
13,925 counted in 2010 and 15,691 in 2020; an estimated 15,323 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 2.2%, after 12.7% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Greenwood Village is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 572 in 1960, 15,691 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 6 maps from 1949 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greenwood Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
11 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
11 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
9 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
11 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood Village.
Greenwood Village draws workers from Denver and beyond and has less no health insurance than most of Colorado, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Colorado.
At 13.1 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income, the typical home (about $1.38M) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Colorado towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Values rose 2.7% in the past year while the Colorado typical home fell 1.3%.
Home values are up 2.7% over the year to September 2026. Greenwood Village’s rent at the middle of the market stands at $2,123 a month. On the market locally: a median 33 days to sell.
| Greenwood Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,123 a month | $1,807 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 64% | 71% | 73% |
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 $1.38M.
Its public schools are run by the Cherry Creek School District No. 5. Below: Three of its 8 schools, each with why it was picked. The 4 public schools in Greenwood Village teach 3,262 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campus Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,311 | A |
| Cherry Creek High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,852 | A+ |
| Belleview Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 577 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Colorado is no health insurance: 5.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.1% statewide.
Among adults in Greenwood Village, 28% have high blood pressure. CDC measures, 26 in all: Greenwood Village beats Colorado on 14 and trails on 1. In Greenwood Village, 22% of adults have obesity, and 7.1% smoke cigarettes.
| Greenwood Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.1% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 25% |
| What stands out | Greenwood Village | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 11.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.6% | 9.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Property crime runs at 50.4 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Colorado rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 1,123 to 819 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Only 5 of the 93 Colorado towns we compare have a higher property crime rate than Greenwood Village. The level of violent crime locally is 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Greenwood Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 50.4 per 1,000 residents | 15.2 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.3 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
64,063 jobs are based in Greenwood Village, 8.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 32.2% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado.
The top destinations are Denver (32%), Aurora (10%) and Centennial (7%). Just 13% of Greenwood Village’s working residents have a job in town. Since 2013, Greenwood Village has added 10,303 jobs, to 64,063 in 2023. For Greenwood Village, the median household income is $149,000.
| Greenwood Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 32% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $149,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For Greenwood Village, the density of trails is 1.4 miles per square mile. Across 19 parks and preserves: 12 miles of trail. The biggest park or preserve is Village Greens North Park, at 68 acres.
| Greenwood Village | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.8% | 6.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Village Greens North Park | 0.6 mi | 68 |
| 2. Orchard Hills Park | 0.5 mi | 20 |
| 3. Running Fox Park | 0.5 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 19°, with about 64 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The FEMA risk score for Greenwood Village comes to 38 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims locally since 1998: 10. Expected losses in Greenwood Village break down as 48% from hail and 29% from inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Greenwood Village households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2013.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
18 within 15 miles of the center of Greenwood Village
About 5 of every 100 Greenwood Village residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
Where Greenwood Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Colorado, United States
The City of Greenwood Village is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 15,691 at the 2020 United States census. Greenwood Village is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
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6 towns share a border with Greenwood Village.
Englewood next door grades lower for schools (C− to Greenwood Village’s A) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Village | #77 | B | D | D− | A | A+ |
| Centennial | #36 | A− | C− | C+ | A | A+ |
| Cherry Creek | #15 | A | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Denver | #119 | C+ | C− | D− | B− | A |
| Cherry Hills Village | #19 | A | D | B+ | A− | A+ |
| Englewood | #131 | C | C | D− | C− | A |
| Littleton | #54 | B+ | C− | C− | A+ | A+ |
Cherry Creek reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Greenwood Village with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Greenwood Village grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #77 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health, D− for safety and A for schools. Safety 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.
