Roxborough ParkCO
A town of 9,085.
Is Roxborough Park a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Roxborough Park grades A overall, 27th among Colorado's 158 graded towns. It has 27 miles of trail and 53% conserved land. It is healthier than 98% of U.S. towns and its public schools beat 92% of Colorado towns on state tests and graduation. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $679K for a typical one and 6.4 times the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. Roxborough Park’s median rent is $3,244 a month, above both the Colorado town median ($1,807 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Roxborough Park has 1 place on the National Register. Only 4 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Roxborough Park.
What makes Roxborough Park stand out
Where Roxborough Park beats most towns.
27 miles of trails in Roxborough Park
53.3% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
How Roxborough Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Roxborough Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Red Rocks Amphitheatre and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roxborough Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
21 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
22 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
11 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
21 mi Theme parkElitch Gardens Theme ParkPhoto credits
Red 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
Moving to Roxborough Park: who provides what
Roxborough Park is unincorporated, so Douglas 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 Roxborough Park.
Roxborough Park keeps more of its land conserved than most of Colorado, has less no health insurance than most of Colorado and sends most of its workers to Denver and beyond.
Nearly a third of Roxborough Park is conserved land
Its 3,178 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 99% of Colorado towns.
27 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The trail density in Roxborough Park is 2.9 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Red Mesa Open Space, at 248 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sharptail Ridge Open Space | 0.7 mi | 146 |
| 2. Red Mesa Open Space | — | 248 |
| 3. Chatfield Farms Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Roxborough Park earns an A for schools
Its public schools are run by Douglas County School District No. Re 1. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxborough IntermediateLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 430 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
Roxborough Park earns an A+ for health
Its widest gap with Colorado is no health insurance: 5.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.1% statewide. Against the 1,592 U.S. towns with household incomes like Roxborough Park’s, it is healthier than 81%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
28% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Roxborough Park. Roxborough Park beats the Colorado average on 12 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults get no exercise outside work in Roxborough Park.
| Roxborough Park | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Roxborough Park | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 11.1% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.7% | 9.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Roxborough Park
Roxborough Park has 888 jobs for its 5,476 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.5 minutes, against 25.2 across Colorado.
Most working residents leave Roxborough Park for work: only 3% work in town. Roxborough Park’s median household income is $173,000. Since 2013, Roxborough Park has added 419 jobs, to 888 in 2023.
| Roxborough Park | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $173,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 31% | 18% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Roxborough Park faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by wildfire
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 2013, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Roxborough Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Roxborough Park
Roxborough Park has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 18° and about 62 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Roxborough Park sells for about $891K at the median
The median property tax bill is $4,202, against $2,602 across Colorado, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Roxborough Park
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Roxborough Park
About 5 of every 100 Roxborough Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
97% of working residents leave Roxborough Park for work
Where Roxborough Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Roxborough Park
Unincorporated community in Douglas County, CO, USA
Roxborough Park is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Roxborough Park CDP was 9,416 at the United States Census 2020. The Roxborough Village Metropolitan District and the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District provide services. The Littleton post office (Zip Code 80125) serves the area.
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- Area
- 9.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,751 ft
Questions about Roxborough Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Roxborough Park, CO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Roxborough Park grades A overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #27 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Roxborough Park, CO expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $679,000, 28% 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 C−.