Pros and Cons of Living in Englewood
Englewood's core trade-off pairs a genuine, dated transit-oriented redevelopment identity and a major in-city trauma center against meaningfully higher crime data, a weaker school district, and housing that runs expensive relative to income -- all real, disclosed differences from Littleton and Northglenn built alongside this record.
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Learn morePro: a real transit-oriented identity and major healthcare anchor
CityCenter Englewood -- Colorado's first Transit-Oriented Development, directly integrated with RTD light rail -- and HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center's Level I trauma/burn center together give Englewood a genuinely differentiated urban identity and major healthcare access unique to this market in the batch.
Pro: modest population growth and a below-national poverty rate
Population grew a real, modest ~6.5% since the 2020 Census, and the poverty rate (7.7%) reads below the national average (12.5%) -- signs of a comparatively stable, growing community despite its other real challenges.
Con: crime data reads meaningfully higher here than in Littleton or Northglenn
Both CrimeGrade and NeighborhoodScout put Englewood at roughly double the comparable crime figures found for Littleton and Northglenn -- a real, disclosed difference that should factor directly into a relocation decision.
Con: a weaker school district and an expensive-relative-to-income housing market
Englewood Schools carries a C Niche grade, a real step below Littleton Public Schools' A grade. Housing ($572,900-$620,000 depending on measure) runs expensive relative to Englewood's comparatively modest median household income ($86,800) -- a real affordability gap. CityCenter's original redevelopment is also honestly described in current coverage as partly underused, not a fully realized amenity as of this research pass.
Key takeaways
- Pro: a genuine, dated transit-oriented redevelopment identity (CityCenter Englewood) and a major in-city Level I trauma/burn center (HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center).
- Pro: real, modest population growth (~6.5% since 2020) and a below-national poverty rate (7.7%).
- Con: crime data reads meaningfully higher than Littleton or Northglenn across both sources reviewed -- roughly double their comparable figures.
- Con: a weaker school district (Englewood Schools, C grade) and housing that runs expensive relative to income.
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