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#1Central Park
$2K ACS median rent
The former airport, rebuilt as a planned town. Parks everywhere, a drive to nightlife, schools in the weights.
- Walk index
- 100
- Safety index
- 32
- Published fit
- 86
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Denver · CO · 20 statistical neighborhoods
Compare official Denver statistical neighborhoods on ACS rent, walk, safety, schools, and commute. Rankings stay inside this city.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026. ACS and DPD retrieved 2026-08-31; OSM retrieved 2026-08-31. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
Published walkable weights — same order as the table below. Fit is an in-house score, not a resident review.
$2K ACS median rent
The former airport, rebuilt as a planned town. Parks everywhere, a drive to nightlife, schools in the weights.
$2K ACS median rent
Warehouses turned lofts around the train hall. Walk to everything, pay for it, and hear it at 2 a.m.
$2K ACS median rent
RiNo murals and breweries sit on the official Five Points map. Nightlife first, groceries second.
$2K ACS median rent
Tree canopy, brick, and a slower east side. People search Park Hill; this is the official south slice.
$2K ACS median rent
Between downtown and the creek. Condos, the boulevard, and a short walk to Cherry Creek shops.
$2K ACS median rent
32nd Avenue shops, brick bungalows, and a calmer read of Highland. Family streets without leaving the northwest.
$2K ACS median rent
Uptown restaurants between downtown and Cheesman. Walkable, rental-heavy, still in the grid.
$2K ACS median rent
The meadow is the brand. Run the loop, then a bungalow on a quiet grid. Safety and lawns lead the scores.
$2K ACS median rent
South Broadway antiques and bars, brick cottages behind them. Walkable south of Speer without Wash Park prices.
$3K ACS median rent
South Pearl shops, a Saturday market, and streets that quiet two blocks off. South Denver's walkable village.
$2K ACS median rent
North of Highland, still west of I-25. Yards, a slower street, and downtown as a skyline not a neighbor.
$2K ACS median rent
Tennyson Street cafes and a lake two blocks over. Northwest Denver at a residential pace.
$2K ACS median rent
Bungalows east of Cheesman, a city park, and 12th Avenue coffee. The family read of central Denver.
$2K ACS median rent
Tennyson-adjacent porches west of the Platte. Brunch density with a view back at downtown.
$2K ACS median rent
A pavilion, a lawn, and brick buildings facing it. Central without Cap Hill's Colfax edge.
$2K ACS median rent
Same park, slightly closer to Broadway. Still lawns and schools; a bit more brick and alley.
$2K ACS median rent
Apartments, Colfax, and the gold dome. Rent is the entry; noise is the tax.
$2K ACS median rent
Retail and high-rises along the creek. Property crime follows the mall; the housing is not starter.
$1K ACS median rent
The lake is the amenity. Loop it at dusk, then walk home — bars are a neighborhood over.
$2K ACS median rent
New stacks on the edge of the Platte with downtown in the windshield. Smaller, newer, still central.
Schematic statistical-neighborhood map — I-25 as the spine, I-70 across the north. Click a block to open it. Distances on this drawing are not street geography. Adjacent blocks are not a claim that two statistical neighborhoods share a border.
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Denver city. Up 101% since 2014.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Figures are for the city place, household-weighted across all occupied rental units.
Denver ranks statistical neighborhoods — the city’s official stats units — not the marketing names on a loft flyer. I-25 is the spine; I-70 cuts the north. Central Park is the former Stapleton side, not a park-only listing.
LoHi, RiNo, Wash Park, LoDo, and Stapleton are search aliases inside those official lines. The drawing is schematic. Nearby on the map is not a claim that two polygons share a fence.
Not a best-of list. Four cuts of the same 20 official statistical neighborhoods.
School-heavy
Nearby rating + calmer map
Lower ACS rent
Survey median, not a listing
Lower Part I rate
Fewer reports per 1,000 in this city set
Published fit uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same order for every reader. Fit is a number inside Denver only.
| # | Neighborhood | Published fit | ACS median rent | Walk index | Safety index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Park | 86 | $2,144 | 100 | 32 |
| 2 | Union Station | 75 | $2,468 | 93 | 21 |
| 3 | Five Points | 60 | $1,994 | 64 | 0 |
| 4 | South Park Hill | 59 | $1,625 | 32 | 95 |
| 5 | Speer | 55 | $1,903 | 42 | 47 |
| 6 | West Highland | 51 | $1,905 | 23 | 74 |
| 7 | North Capitol Hill | 49 | $1,742 | 55 | 16 |
| 8 | Washington Park | 48 | $2,311 | 7 | 100 |
| 9 | Baker | 47 | $1,841 | 49 | 11 |
| 10 | Platt Park | 46 | $2,663 | 14 | 89 |
| 11 | Sunnyside | 46 | $1,761 | 22 | 63 |
| 12 | Berkeley | 45 | $1,979 | 13 | 58 |
| 13 | Congress Park | 44 | $1,566 | 6 | 79 |
| 14 | Highland | 43 | $2,342 | 19 | 42 |
| 15 | Cheesman Park | 42 | $1,629 | 17 | 53 |
| 16 | Washington Park West | 42 | $2,050 | 3 | 84 |
| 17 | Capitol Hill | 41 | $1,520 | 35 | 26 |
| 18 | Cherry Creek | 39 | $2,305 | 16 | 5 |
| 19 | Sloan Lake | 37 | $1,243 | 0 | 68 |
| 20 | Jefferson Park | 34 | $2,003 | 7 | 37 |
ACS median gross rent mixes every occupied rental. Walk is an in-house OSM count, not Walk Score. Safety ranks Part I rates inside Denver only.
Rent figures are ACS 5-year median gross rent (2020-2024, ACS 2024 5-year) mixed across unit sizes in Denver County. Sloan Lake is the lowest median in this set at $1,243. That is a survey median, not this week’s asking rent for a one-bedroom.
Walk is an in-house index from OpenStreetMap groceries, cafes, parks, and transit stops inside the official polygon or within 800 meters of its centroid. It is not a Walk Score® license.
Safety ranks DPD Part I rates (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026) inside this Denver set only. A lower index means fewer Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents relative to the other statistical neighborhoods here — not a guarantee that a block is safe, and not a measurement of noise.
A nearby school rating is not an assigned campus. Missing ratings sit at the middle of the scale.
Commute minutes are typical weekday estimates to named job centers, not live traffic.
Boundaries are City and County of Denver Statistical Neighborhoods (ODC_ADMN_NEIGHBORHOOD_A). Crime counts are City and County of Denver Crime (ODC_CRIME_OFFENSES_P).
ACS and DPD were retrieved 2026-08-31. OSM was retrieved 2026-08-31. Editorial pages on this site were last revised Sep 2026.
Sources: U.S. Census American Community Survey, OpenStreetMap, and this city’s police open data via the method page. NabeWise is published by NabeWise Media.
How the Denver number is built — not a grade of the place.
Denver ranks statistical neighborhoods — the city’s official stats units — not the marketing names on a loft flyer. I-25 is the spine; I-70 cuts the north. Central Park is the former Stapleton side, not a park-only listing.
Sloan Lake has the lowest ACS 5-year median gross rent in this set at $1,243 (2020-2024 survey). A median mixes every occupied rental. It is not this week’s one-bedroom.
Mapped groceries, cafes, parks, and transit stops inside the official statistical neighborhood or within 800 meters of its centroid. Central Park currently leads the default walkable ranking. It is not a Walk Score® license.
Official statistical neighborhoods only — 20 on this map. LoHi, RiNo, Wash Park, LoDo, and Stapleton are aliases, not extra statistical neighborhoods. The schematic map is for clicking, not for measuring a shared border.
Housing is ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024). Crime is DPD Part I for Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. OSM amenities were snapshotted 2026-08-31. Editorial copy on these pages was last revised Sep 2026.
No. A number here is a rank inside these 20 official statistical neighborhoods, not a grade you can carry to another city.
Six axes — safety, schools, walk, cost, vibe, and optional commute — scaled only inside Denver, then weighted. With default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget, Central Park is the current top match (86 published fit). Rankings never jump a city line. The formula is on the method page.
Full formula on the method page.