73fit
Union Station
$2K median rent
Warehouses turned lofts around the train hall. Walk to everything, pay for it, and hear it at 2 a.m.
NightlifePlannedWalk 93Safety 21
Denver/North Capitol Hill
49fit
North Capitol Hill
Official statistical neighborhood: North Capitol Hill
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Uptown restaurants between downtown and Cheesman. Walkable, rental-heavy, still in the grid.
uptownn cap hill
Best in Denver for familiesWalkable DenverUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
16
90 violent · 584 property · 84.7 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)-34 vs city set
Schools
7
Rating 6.2 / 10 nearby-47 vs city set
Walk
55
OSM: 15 groceries · 22 cafes · 68 transit · 8 parks+24 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,742 ACS median vs your rent budget+2 vs city set
Vibe
25
OSM: 22 cafes · 59 restaurants · 24 bars · 8 parks-4 vs city set
Commute to work
From North Capitol Hill, a typical weekday is 11 min to Downtown, 17 min to Cherry Creek, 16 min to Central Park. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
11 min
Union Station, LoDo · -8 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Cherry Creek
17 min
Retail and offices · -1 min vs the city-set median
Central Park
16 min
Former Stapleton / airport side · -11 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 $1,742 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 25% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($83K) could “afford” about $2,078 a month at 30% of pay.
87% of households rent. Median home value is $588,532.
ACS median rent
$1,742
30% income budget
$2,078
Rent / income
25%
Median home
$588,532
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Denver city. Up 101% since 2014. North Capitol Hill is 5% 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: 15 groceries, 22 cafes, 8 parks, and 68 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 8 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (68 stops or stations).
22 cafes and 59 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Denver set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 19 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
7,952
Median age
33.4
Median income
$83K
Renters
87%
Bachelor+
64%
Violent / 1k
11.3
Property / 1k
73.4
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 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.
North Capitol Hill — Uptown on restaurant menus — sits between downtown and Cheesman. Walkable, rental-heavy, still in the grid. It is Cap Hill with more dinner and slightly less Colfax.
East Colfax and the hospital edge add sirens. The interior is brick apartments and people who wanted to be central without a Wash Park mortgage. Good bridge neighborhood: try it for a year, then decide whether you buy south or west.
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.
0 reports
No mapped 311 cases in this window.
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.
No r/Denver posts in this snapshot mentioned North Capitol Hill.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is North Capitol Hill safe?
North Capitol Hill shows more Part I than most of this Denver set (safety 16 vs city 50). DPD logged 11.3 violent and 73.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 84.7 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in North Capitol Hill?
ACS median rent is $1,742 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 87% of households rent. Median home value is $588,532. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is North Capitol Hill walkable?
Walk is 55 here vs 31 for the Denver set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 15 groceries, 22 cafes, 68 transit stops, 8 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is North Capitol Hill good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.2 / 10. Median age is 33.4. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from North Capitol Hill?
11 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 North Capitol Hill?
About 7,952 people. Median income $83K. 64% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to North Capitol Hill?
Cheesman Park, Union Station, Capitol Hill sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official statistical neighborhoods, start with North Capitol Hill vs Cheesman Park.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
North Capitol Hill vs Cheesman ParkNorth Capitol Hill vs Union StationNorth Capitol Hill vs Capitol Hill
60fit
Five Points
$2K median rent
RiNo murals and breweries sit on the official Five Points map. Nightlife first, groceries second.
NightlifePlannedWalk 64Safety 0
55fit
Speer
$2K median rent
Between downtown and the creek. Condos, the boulevard, and a short walk to Cherry Creek shops.
NightlifeWalk 42Safety 47
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
41fit
Capitol Hill
$2K median rent
Apartments, Colfax, and the gold dome. Rent is the entry; noise is the tax.
NightlifeWalk 35Safety 26