Holly HillsCO
The town has 2,572 residents and lies in Colorado.
Why does Holly Hills grade so well?
Few weak spots anywhere. Holly Hills’s overall grade of A+ puts it better than almost every U.S. town, 1st of 158 in Colorado. It does especially well on health — residents are healthier than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $702K, 6.6 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. Add incomes to its strengths: the median household earns $122K. South Dahlia Lane is on the National Register of Historic Places. Just over two thirds of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, above both Colorado’s towns (44%) and U.S. towns (29%). Only 14 of Colorado’s 217 towns score higher on walkability.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
How Holly Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Holly Hills is from typical.
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What makes Holly Hills stand out
Where Holly Hills beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Hills Elementary School | PK–5 | 633 |
| The Cottage at Holly Ridge | PK | 74 |
97% of working residents leave Holly Hills for work
Where Holly Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Holly Hills.
Holly Hills earns an A+ for health
For adults in Holly Hills, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 22%. Of 26 CDC measures, Holly Hills beats the Colorado average on 8 and trails it on 2. Among adults here, 24% have obesity and 29% sleep under 7 hours.
| Holly Hills | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 26% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Holly Hills | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.1% | 11.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.6% | 9.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Holly Hills’ public schools outperform 83% of Colorado districts
Its public schools are run by the Cherry Creek School District No. 5. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve Holly Hills, with 707 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Hills Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 633 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
About two in five of Holly Hills’ working residents commute to Denver
Holly Hills has 347 jobs for its 1,238 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
6.1% of Holly Hills residents live below the poverty line. For most workers, Holly Hills is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. The town had 347 jobs in 2023, up 197 from 2013. The top destinations are Denver (39%), Greenwood Village (9%) and Aurora (7%).
| Holly Hills | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $122,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 17% | 18% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Holly Hills has snowy winters and hot summers
The typical July afternoon high in Holly Hills is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Holly Hills, mostly hail
Compared with 53% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Holly Hills is lower. Expected losses in Holly Hills break down as 38% from hail and 32% from inland flooding. Paid flood insurance claims here since 2015: 2.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Holly Hills sells for about $654K
The share of households in Holly Hills who are owner-occupiers: 83%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Holly Hills is conserved land
Among 154 Colorado towns, just 7 have a lower trail network density than Holly Hills. Walkers can cover 0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The town has one park or preserve, 6 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Holly Hills North Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Holly Hills
Empower Field at Mile High and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Holly Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
Big draw15 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
7 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
7 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
7 mi Theme parkElitch Gardens Theme Park
9 mi LandmarkColumbine MemorialPhoto 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 · Elitch Gardens Theme Park: USGS, Public domain · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Holly Hills: who provides what
Holly Hills 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.
Colleges nearby
18 within 15 miles of the center of Holly Hills
About 6 of every 100 Holly Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
About Holly Hills
Census-designated place in Arapahoe County, CO, USA
Holly Hills is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. Holly Hills is an enclave of the City and County of Denver. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Holly Hills CDP was 2,683 at the United States Census 2020. The Denver post office 80222 serves the area.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
Questions about Holly Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holly Hills, CO a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Holly Hills grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #1 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools.
Is Holly Hills, CO expensive?
The typical home is worth about $702,000, 33% above 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 B−.
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