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Where Are The Best Places To Live In Colorado? Niche Study

Niche took factors like crime, public schools, cost of living and actual resident reviews to find the best cities and towns in the state.

COLORADO – Where are the best places to live in Colorado? Niche is looking at how Colorado towns are actually rated by the people who live there. Niche's latest list of Colorado's 50 best towns has some suburbs of Denver, and some towns with very small populations.

At the top of the list was Denver suburb Holly Hills in Arapahoe County. With a median home value of $342,100, Holly Hills, population 2,680, was also rated as No. 1 in Niche's list of "Best suburb to buy a house in Colorado."

Here are the top Colorado towns on the list.

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1: Holly Hills
Population: 2,684

Median home value: $342,100

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Median rent: $1,784

Crime & safety grade: Not given

2. Pine Brook Hill (Denver)

Population: 1,091

Median home value: $733,200

Median rent: $2,055

Crime & safety grade: Not given

3. Louisville

Population: 19,972

Median home value: $440,300

Median rent: $1,410

Crime & safety grade: B+

4. Superior

Population: 12,928

Median home value: $456,400

Median rent: $1,533

Crime & safety grade: Not given

5. South Park Hill (Denver)

Population: 9,284
Median home value: $494,716

Median rent: $993
Crime & safety grade: B-

6. Boulder

Population: 105,420

Median home value: $554,500

Median rent: $1,313

Crime & safety grade: B-

7. Gunbarrel

Population: 9,559
Median home value: $416,300

Median rent: $1,324
Crime & safety grade: Not given

8. Lone Tree

Population: 12,808
Median home value: $521,000
Median rent: $1,469
Crime & safety grade: B-

9.Cherry Creek

Population: 12,053

Median home value: $515,600

Median rent: $1,309

Crime & safety grade: Not given

10. Inverness

Population: 1,189

Median home value: $373,300

Median rent: $1,497

Crime & safety grade: Not given

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