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How the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 2026127 of 131 ZIP codes scored · 3.0M residents represented

Score snapshot

60.22Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
61.08Median scoremiddle of 127 scored ZIPs
69.87Highest score80230 · Denver
44.94Lowest score80010 · Aurora
24.93Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#20Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
19%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.57M of 3.0M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
1.2MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs41% of the metro
1.1MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs37% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 127
  1. 61580230in Denver · 10,449 residents69.87
  2. 64280126in Littleton · 44,882 residents69.69
  3. 68180209in Denver · 27,564 residents69.50
  4. 72980290in Denver · 474 residents69.21
  5. 73480124in Lone Tree · 22,555 residents69.19
  6. 75280111in Greenwood Village · 31,561 residents69.07
  7. 77580130in Littleton · 24,719 residents68.95
  8. 81980118in Larkspur · 5,632 residents68.75
  9. 84480238in Denver · 30,575 residents68.65
  10. 91980131in Louviers · 276 residents68.40
  11. 92480129in Littleton · 30,223 residents68.38
  12. 1,01980108in Castle Pines · 36,730 residents67.96
  13. 1,10680007in Arvada · 19,078 residents67.65
  14. 1,11280439in Evergreen · 24,610 residents67.63
  15. 1,11380134in Parker · 80,302 residents67.63
  16. 1,12480125in Littleton · 15,630 residents67.58
  17. 1,18880023in Broomfield · 27,143 residents67.31
  18. 1,19880218in Denver · 19,149 residents67.30
  19. 1,22280112in Centennial · 36,816 residents67.21
  20. 1,32880116in Franktown · 5,132 residents66.86
  21. 1,41480206in Denver · 24,383 residents66.57
  22. 1,42380202in Denver · 18,589 residents66.56
  23. 1,44080457in Kittredge · 283 residents66.51
  24. 1,53280122in Centennial · 32,195 residents66.25
  25. 1,54980016in Aurora · 68,268 residents66.19
  26. 1,57580127in Littleton · 43,494 residents66.10
  27. 1,60980203in Denver · 22,441 residents66.03
  28. 1,62980210in Denver · 39,113 residents65.99
  29. 1,67280453in Idledale · 297 residents65.87
  30. 1,77680403in Golden · 20,732 residents65.59
  31. 1,81580109in Castle Rock · 28,400 residents65.49
  32. 1,86380121in Centennial · 18,029 residents65.36
  33. 1,93180211in Denver · 38,177 residents65.18
  34. 2,00480104in Castle Rock · 38,479 residents64.99
  35. 2,16280228in Lakewood · 34,942 residents64.60
  36. 2,18980138in Parker · 36,895 residents64.54
  37. 2,32980433in Conifer · 8,292 residents64.23
  38. 2,34080135in Sedalia · 4,141 residents64.21
  39. 2,43280425in Buffalo Creek · 243 residents64.02
  40. 2,44880448in Grant · 0 residents63.99
  41. 2,46180005in Arvada · 28,459 residents63.97
  42. 2,48580015in Centennial · 72,316 residents63.94
  43. 2,55080454in Indian Hills · 986 residents63.84
  44. 2,57580246in Denver · 13,097 residents63.80
  45. 2,71080237in Denver · 23,384 residents63.51
  46. 2,72280220in Denver · 37,203 residents63.47
  47. 2,76980465in Morrison · 16,582 residents63.37
  48. 2,81480475in Shawnee · 39 residents63.29
  49. 2,84980020in Broomfield · 54,201 residents63.22
  50. 2,87780212in Denver · 20,746 residents63.18
Open the full Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro ranking →One page, all 127 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

26 of 126 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access28%851,471 people

6 ZIP codes tie at this end: 80012 Aurora80033 Wheat Ridge80204 Denver80206 Denver80218 Denver80229 Thornton

Chronic Disease Burden24%724,979 people

Standing highest: 80203 Denver80211 Denver80290 Denver

Disability23%690,409 people

Standing highest: 80209 Denver80238 Denver80290 Denver

Social Need / SDOH22%653,573 people

Standing highest: 80202 Denver80205 Denver80230 Denver

Risk Behavior16%479,000 people

Standing highest: 80116 Franktown80118 Larkspur80131 Louviers

Mental Health16%475,294 people

Standing highest: 80118 Larkspur80456 Jefferson80475 Shawnee

Preventive Care12%353,199 people

Standing highest: 80116 Franktown80118 Larkspur80131 Louviers

Environmental Hazard7%201,791 people

Standing highest: 80420 Alma80425 Buffalo Creek80432 Como

Climate / Disaster Risk6%190,653 people

Standing highest: 80436 Dumont80452 Idaho Springs80475 Shawnee

Each fifth is about 26 of this metro’s 126 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 2,990,428 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.