51fit
West Highland
$2K median rent
32nd Avenue shops, brick bungalows, and a calmer read of Highland. Family streets without leaving the northwest.
Family streetsWalk 23Safety 74
Denver/Berkeley
45fit
Berkeley
Official statistical neighborhood: Berkeley
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Tennyson Street cafes and a lake two blocks over. Northwest Denver at a residential pace.
tennyson streetregis
Best in Denver for familiesWalkable DenverUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
58
16 violent · 345 property · 39.4 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)+8 vs city set
Schools
79
Rating 8.2 / 10 nearby+25 vs city set
Walk
13
OSM: 8 groceries · 7 cafes · 10 transit · 26 parks-18 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,979 ACS median vs your rent budget+2 vs city set
Vibe
21
OSM: 7 cafes · 50 restaurants · 10 bars · 26 parks-8 vs city set
Commute to work
From Berkeley, a typical weekday is 20 min to Downtown, 30 min to Cherry Creek, 34 min to Central Park. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
20 min
Union Station, LoDo · +1 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Cherry Creek
30 min
Retail and offices · +12 min vs the city-set median
Central Park
34 min
Former Stapleton / airport side · +7 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $1,979 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 17% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($142K) could “afford” about $3,562 a month at 30% of pay.
32% of households rent. Median home value is $913,194.
ACS median rent
$1,979
30% income budget
$3,562
Rent / income
17%
Median home
$913,194
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Denver city. Up 101% since 2014. Berkeley is 8% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official statistical neighborhood: 8 groceries, 7 cafes, 26 parks, and 10 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 26 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (10 stops or stations).
7 cafes and 50 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Denver set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 14 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
9,153
Median age
38.5
Median income
$142K
Renters
32%
Bachelor+
76%
Violent / 1k
1.7
Property / 1k
37.7
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
Family streets
Crime is DPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
Berkeley is Tennyson Street cafes with a lake two blocks over. 5280 ranked it #25 in 2026 with a strong X factor — shops, the water, a residential pace. It is northwest Denver that kept a village commercial strip instead of turning entirely into stacks.
Winters are real; the lake loop still happens. You will drive to most jobs and walk to coffee. Compare to Sloan Lake if the water is the amenity and to Highland if the skyline is.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
5 reports
- Pothole2
- Curb/Gutter Repair1
- Street Alley Paving or Repair1
- Traffic Signal1
- Curb/Gutter Repair
- Pothole
- Street Alley Paving or Repair
- Traffic Signal
- Pothole
Denver DOTI 311 (streets and transport), last 14 days — not the full city 311 catalog. Mapped to statistical neighborhoods. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/Denver that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
In r/Denver lately: housing.
- Alleged shooting at my apartment in Berkeley
r/Denver · Aug 31 · 1 upvote
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Berkeley safe?
Berkeley is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 58 vs city 50). DPD logged 1.7 violent and 37.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 39.4 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Berkeley?
ACS median rent is $1,979 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 32% of households rent. Median home value is $913,194. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Berkeley walkable?
Walk is 13 here vs 31 for the Denver set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 8 groceries, 7 cafes, 10 transit stops, 26 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Berkeley good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.2 / 10. Median age is 38.5. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Berkeley?
20 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Berkeley?
About 9,153 people. Median income $142K. 76% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Berkeley?
Sloan Lake, West Highland, Sunnyside sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official statistical neighborhoods, start with Berkeley vs Sloan Lake.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Berkeley vs Sloan LakeBerkeley vs West HighlandBerkeley vs Sunnyside
46fit
Sunnyside
$2K median rent
North of Highland, still west of I-25. Yards, a slower street, and downtown as a skyline not a neighbor.
Family streetsWalk 22Safety 63
42fit
Highland
$2K median rent
Tennyson-adjacent porches west of the Platte. Brunch density with a view back at downtown.
NightlifePlannedWalk 19Safety 42
37fit
Sloan Lake
$1K median rent
The lake is the amenity. Loop it at dusk, then walk home — bars are a neighborhood over.
WaterfrontFamily streetsWalk 0Safety 68
34fit
Jefferson Park
$2K median rent
New stacks on the edge of the Platte with downtown in the windshield. Smaller, newer, still central.
PlannedWalk 7Safety 37