Sierra RidgeCO
A town of 3,663.
Is Sierra Ridge a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sierra Ridge grades A− overall, 44th among Colorado's 158 graded towns. On CDC health estimates it is near the top nationally. The median household earns $158K and its schools outperform 92% of the state's. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $862K for a typical one and 8.2 times the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. Sierra Ridge’s average trip to work is 40 minutes, above both the Colorado town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 16 of Colorado’s 217 towns do worse.
What makes Sierra Ridge stand out
Where Sierra Ridge beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Sierra Ridge for work
Where Sierra Ridge’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sierra Ridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Sierra Ridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Red Rocks Amphitheatre and 55 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sierra Ridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
18 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
18 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
15 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
20 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods 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 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Sierra Ridge: who provides what
Sierra Ridge 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 Sierra Ridge.
Sierra Ridge has less tooth loss than most of Colorado and sends most of its workers to Denver and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Colorado.
Compared with most of Colorado and the rest of the country, fewer of Sierra Ridge’s adults report frequent physical distress
Its widest gap with Colorado is tooth loss: 3.8% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.2% statewide.
7.9% of Sierra Ridge adults report frequent physical distress. Only 2 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Sierra Ridge. 14% of Sierra Ridge adults report frequent mental distress.
| Sierra Ridge | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 27% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 7.9% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 8.5% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 35% |
| What stands out | Sierra Ridge | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.8% | 9.2% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 2.7% | 5.3% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 64.1% | 69.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer of Sierra Ridge’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Colorado or U.S. town
Sierra Ridge has 186 jobs for its 1,756 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 39.5 minutes, against 25.2 across Colorado.
0.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Sierra Ridge. No town among the 159 in Colorado we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Sierra Ridge. Since 2013, Sierra Ridge has added 184 jobs, to 186 in 2023.
| Sierra Ridge | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $158,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.1% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 7.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Sierra Ridge
Sierra Ridge has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 18° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sierra Ridge faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Sierra Ridge sells for about $1.14M
At 8.2 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 81% of Colorado towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. 66.8% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.9% across Colorado.
Sierra Ridge’s median rent is $1,726 a month.
| Sierra Ridge | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,726 a month | $1,812 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sierra Ridge
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Sierra Ridge
About 5 of every 100 Sierra Ridge residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
About Sierra Ridge
Unincorporated community in Douglas County, CO, USA
Sierra Ridge is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 3,490 at the 2020 census. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The unincorporated community lies in ZIP Code 80134.
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- Elevation
- 5,906 ft
Sierra Ridge’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Sierra Ridge.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Ridge | #44 | A− | D | — | A | A+ |
| Meridian Village | #52 | B+ | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Stepping Stone | #5 | A | C | — | A | A+ |
Sierra Ridge, Meridian Village and Stepping Stone report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sierra Ridge with a neighbor →
Questions about Sierra Ridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sierra Ridge, CO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sierra Ridge grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #44 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Sierra Ridge, CO expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $863,000, 63% 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 D.