With 300 annual days of sunshine and the nation’s largest public park system, metro Denver residents dabble in everything from skiing to hiking, mountain biking to river rafting. Perhaps that’s why Denver is one of the healthiest cities in the nation.
Colorado’s historic focus on low taxes, coupled with metro Denver’s high household incomes, has kept the region’s cost of living at or near the national average. Metro Denver ranks slightly above the national average for cost of living, but well below many other major cities. Also, metro Denver’s utility rates are consistently among the lowest of any major U.S. city.