86fit
Central Park
$2K median rent
The former airport, rebuilt as a planned town. Parks everywhere, a drive to nightlife, schools in the weights.
Family streetsPlannedWalk 100Safety 32
Denver/Cheesman Park
42fit
Cheesman Park
Official statistical neighborhood: Cheesman Park
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
A pavilion, a lawn, and brick buildings facing it. Central without Cap Hill's Colfax edge.
cheesman
Best in Denver for familiesWalkable DenverUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
53
30 violent · 365 property · 44.2 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)+3 vs city set
Schools
54
Rating 7.5 / 10 nearby0 vs city set
Walk
17
OSM: 5 groceries · 8 cafes · 31 transit · 23 parks-14 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,629 ACS median vs your rent budget+2 vs city set
Vibe
13
OSM: 8 cafes · 23 restaurants · 6 bars · 23 parks-16 vs city set
Commute to work
From Cheesman Park, a typical weekday is 16 min to Downtown, 17 min to Cherry Creek, 15 min to Central Park. Not live traffic.
Central Park is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
16 min
Union Station, LoDo · -3 min vs the city-set median
Cherry Creek
17 min
Retail and offices · -1 min vs the city-set median
Central Park
15 min
Former Stapleton / airport side · -12 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
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 $1,629 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 23% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($85K) could “afford” about $2,125 a month at 30% of pay.
68% of households rent. Median home value is $520,532.
ACS median rent
$1,629
30% income budget
$2,125
Rent / income
23%
Median home
$520,532
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Denver city. Up 101% since 2014. Cheesman Park is 11% 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: 5 groceries, 8 cafes, 23 parks, and 31 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 23 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (31 stops or stations).
8 cafes and 23 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Denver set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 9 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
8,951
Median age
36.3
Median income
$85K
Renters
68%
Bachelor+
75%
Violent / 1k
3.4
Property / 1k
40.8
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 census tracts · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
Waterfront
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.
Cheesman Park is a pavilion, a lawn, and brick buildings facing it. Central without Cap Hill’s Colfax edge. The park is the amenity the way Sloan Lake is the amenity — you live here to use it, not to look at it from a car.
Housing is apartments more than bungalows. Nightlife is a short walk to Uptown or Cap Hill, which you can choose night by night. Weight walk and vibe; schools are not why 5280’s family neighborhoods win.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, 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.
4 reports
- Pothole2
- Urgent Traffic Safety Maintenance1
- Curb/Gutter Repair1
- Urgent Traffic Safety Maintenance
- Curb/Gutter Repair
- Pothole
- 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: parks and lost-and-found.
- lost bracelet in cheesman park
r/Denver · Aug 23 · 12 upvotes · 10 comments
- Anyone find a subaru key fob at cheesman park?
r/Denver · Aug 12 · 9 upvotes · 2 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 Cheesman Park safe?
Cheesman Park is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 53 vs city 50). DPD logged 3.4 violent and 40.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 44.2 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Cheesman Park?
ACS median rent is $1,629 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 68% of households rent. Median home value is $520,532. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Cheesman Park walkable?
Walk is 17 here vs 31 for the Denver set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 5 groceries, 8 cafes, 31 transit stops, 23 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Cheesman Park good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.5 / 10. Median age is 36.3. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Cheesman Park?
16 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 Cheesman Park?
About 8,951 people. Median income $85K. 75% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Cheesman Park?
South Park Hill, North Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official statistical neighborhoods, start with Cheesman Park vs South Park Hill.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Cheesman Park vs South Park HillCheesman Park vs North Capitol HillCheesman Park vs Capitol Hill
59fit
South Park Hill
$2K median rent
Tree canopy, brick, and a slower east side. People search Park Hill; this is the official south slice.
Family streetsWalk 32Safety 95
49fit
North Capitol Hill
$2K median rent
Uptown restaurants between downtown and Cheesman. Walkable, rental-heavy, still in the grid.
NightlifeWalk 55Safety 16
44fit
Congress Park
$2K median rent
Bungalows east of Cheesman, a city park, and 12th Avenue coffee. The family read of central Denver.
Family streetsWalk 6Safety 79
41fit
Capitol Hill
$2K median rent
Apartments, Colfax, and the gold dome. Rent is the entry; noise is the tax.
NightlifeWalk 35Safety 26