The best place to live in Colorado isn’t Aspen, Boulder, Cherry Creek or even Washington Park. According to the website Niche, it is Holly Hills, a census-designated place in Arapahoe County.

Out of the 513 areas in Colorado that Niche ranked, the neighborhood of around 2,800 people was named as the best place to live, the best place to raise a family and the best place to retire, a rare triple crown.

“Holly Hills rose to No. 1 by excelling in factors like cost of living, local housing, area public schools, diversity, and walkability,” said spokeswoman Jessica Hair in an email.

Accolades aside, even Colorado natives may not be familiar with Holly Hills, which is about halfway between downtown Denver and the Denver Tech Center. It is nestled between Monaco Parkway and Interstate 25, north of Hampden Avenue and south of E. Iliff Avenue.

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“I have lived in this neighborhood for 30 years and I love the proximity of it to all areas of metro Denver. Where I live is close to the light rail, Highline Canal, and several shopping areas, it’s like a mini city in and of itself,” wrote one resident on Niche.

“Very family friendly with the bonus of great Cherry Creek Schools without having to go all the way to the suburbs, making the commute much easier,” wrote another reviewer.

Niche, a Pittsburgh company that rates workplaces, schools and communities, studied a long list of items to come up with its 2019 rankings. Some of the weightier measures include the cost of living, the share of residents with a college degree, available and attainable housing, the quality of public schools and the diversity of residents in terms of age, ethnicity and incomes.

Pine Brook Hill, a town of about 1,000 outside Boulder, was named the second-best place to live in the state. Median home prices there are double those of Holly Hills, but nearly half the population has a master’s degree or higher and households earn a high income. The schools receive high grades, but the area was docked for a lack of diversity.

Two Denver neighborhoods claimed the third and fourth spots for Colorado — South Park Hill and Wellshire.

“Even though Park Hill is in the middle of a big city, it does not feel that way. The neighborhood is busy and welcoming, but not overwhelming,” commented one resident.

Superior in Boulder County was named the fifth-best place to live in Colorado, while Eastridge Ptarmigan Park in Aurora claimed sixth.

Locations in metro Denver generally received grades of B or higher. Aurora neighborhoods offered the greatest diversity and ranked highest for housing affordability. Capitol Hill, downtown Denver and Highland were ranked as the best neighborhoods for young working professionals.

Three communities in Colorado received a D grade and came up at the bottom of the rankings in Colorado. They were Johnson Village in Chaffee County, Segundo in Las Animas County and Bark Ranch in central Boulder County.

Niche’s system of rating communities produced very different results than a ranking on Tuesday from U.S. News & World Report, which awarded Austin, Texas; Denver and Colorado Springs the gold, silver and bronze.

Niche’s ranking gave Bluemont, a neighborhood in Arlington, Va., the top spot nationally, followed by Carmel, a town in Indiana, and Overlake, a neighborhood in Redmond, Wa. Holly Hills, despite leading in Colorado, took the 95th spot nationally out of more than 18,000 communities studied.