55fit
Speer
$2K median rent
Between downtown and the creek. Condos, the boulevard, and a short walk to Cherry Creek shops.
NightlifeWalk 42Safety 47
Denver/Capitol Hill
41fit
Capitol Hill
Official statistical neighborhood: Capitol Hill
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Apartments, Colfax, and the gold dome. Rent is the entry; noise is the tax.
cap hillcolfax
Best in Denver for familiesWalkable DenverUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
26
148 violent · 1035 property · 72.9 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)-24 vs city set
Schools
0
Rating 6.0 / 10 nearby-54 vs city set
Walk
35
OSM: 12 groceries · 15 cafes · 41 transit · 9 parks+4 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,520 ACS median vs your rent budget+2 vs city set
Vibe
21
OSM: 15 cafes · 51 restaurants · 26 bars · 9 parks-8 vs city set
Commute to work
From Capitol Hill, a typical weekday is 13 min to Downtown, 11 min to Cherry Creek, 21 min to Central Park. Not live traffic.
Cherry Creek is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
13 min
Union Station, LoDo · -6 min vs the city-set median
Cherry Creek
11 min
Retail and offices · -7 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Central Park
21 min
Former Stapleton / airport side · -6 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 $1,520 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 24% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($77K) could “afford” about $1,922 a month at 30% of pay.
76% of households rent. Median home value is $433,884.
ACS median rent
$1,520
30% income budget
$1,922
Rent / income
24%
Median home
$433,884
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Denver city. Up 101% since 2014. Capitol Hill is 17% below 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: 12 groceries, 15 cafes, 9 parks, and 41 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 9 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (41 stops or stations).
15 cafes and 51 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Denver set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 18 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
16,211
Median age
33.7
Median income
$77K
Renters
76%
Bachelor+
66%
Violent / 1k
9.1
Property / 1k
63.8
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 6 census tracts · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
Nightlife
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.
Capitol Hill is apartments, Colfax, and the gold dome — the original dense Denver. Resident threads on r/Denver still defend it as “the original city”: walkable, rental-heavy, cheaper than Wash Park, louder than Cheesman. Noise is the tax; rent is the entry.
Colfax at night is not your side street. The grid between 8th and 14th can be genuinely neighborly. Weight nightlife and cost; do not expect 5280’s safety leaders. Grocery access is real. Parking is a sport.
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.
9 reports
- Pothole3
- Transportation Sign Repair/Maintenance1
- Traffic Signal1
- Traffic Sign1
- Parking Regulations1
- Transportation Sign Repair/Maintenance
- Pothole
- Pothole
- 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: lost-and-found.
- Good pool/billiards in Cap Hill?
r/Denver · Aug 29 · 5 upvotes · 5 comments
- Lost subaru car keys - Cap Hill neighborhood tonight
r/Denver · Aug 30 · 5 upvotes · 2 comments
- Ring with stones found in Cap Hill
r/Denver · Aug 27 · 4 upvotes · 3 comments
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 Capitol Hill safe?
Capitol Hill shows more Part I than most of this Denver set (safety 26 vs city 50). DPD logged 9.1 violent and 63.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 72.9 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Capitol Hill?
ACS median rent is $1,520 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 76% of households rent. Median home value is $433,884. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Capitol Hill walkable?
Walk is 35 here vs 31 for the Denver set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 12 groceries, 15 cafes, 41 transit stops, 9 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Capitol Hill good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.0 / 10. Median age is 33.7. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Capitol Hill?
13 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 Capitol Hill?
About 16,211 people. Median income $77K. 66% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Capitol Hill?
Speer, Cherry Creek, North Capitol Hill sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official statistical neighborhoods, start with Capitol Hill vs Speer.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Capitol Hill vs SpeerCapitol Hill vs Cherry CreekCapitol Hill vs North Capitol Hill
49fit
North Capitol Hill
$2K median rent
Uptown restaurants between downtown and Cheesman. Walkable, rental-heavy, still in the grid.
NightlifeWalk 55Safety 16
47fit
Baker
$2K median rent
South Broadway antiques and bars, brick cottages behind them. Walkable south of Speer without Wash Park prices.
NightlifeWalk 49Safety 11
42fit
Cheesman Park
$2K median rent
A pavilion, a lawn, and brick buildings facing it. Central without Cap Hill's Colfax edge.
WaterfrontWalk 17Safety 53
38fit
Cherry Creek
$2K median rent
Retail and high-rises along the creek. Property crime follows the mall; the housing is not starter.
Walk 16Safety 5