55fit
Speer
$2K ACS median rent
Between downtown and the creek. Condos, the boulevard, and a short walk to Cherry Creek shops.
- Walk index
- 42
- Safety index
- 47
- Published fit
- 55
Nightlife
37fit
Sloan Lake
Official statistical neighborhood: Sloan Lake
Published fit 37 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the Denver table. Your current weights score this 37.
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.
The lake is the amenity. Loop it at dusk, then walk home — bars are a neighborhood over.
sloan's lakesloans lake
Best in Denver for familiesWalkable DenverUnder $2,500 rent
Why this published score
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
68
16 violent · 268 property · 35.9 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)+18 vs city set
Schools
64
Rating 7.8 / 10 nearby+10 vs city set
Walk
0
OSM: 5 groceries · 1 cafes · 6 transit · 23 parks-31 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,243 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget0 vs city set
Vibe
5
OSM: 1 cafes · 7 restaurants · 1 bars · 23 parks-24 vs city set
Commute to work
From Sloan Lake, a typical weekday is 21 min to Downtown, 27 min to Cherry Creek, 37 min to Central Park. Not live traffic.
Downtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
21 min
Union Station, LoDo · +2 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Cherry Creek
27 min
Retail and offices · +9 min vs the city-set median
Central Park
37 min
Former Stapleton / airport side · +10 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 $1,243 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 11% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($135K) could “afford” about $3,368 a month at 30% of pay.
43% of households rent. Median home value is $855,483.
ACS median rent
$1,243
30% income budget
$3,368
Rent / income
11%
Median home
$855,483
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Denver city. Up 101% since 2014. Sloan Lake is 32% 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, 1 cafe, 23 parks, and 6 transit stops.
A grocery run on foot is possible; some trips will still need a ride. Parks are close — 23 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is present (6 stops or stations).
1 cafes and 7 restaurants sit in the same radius.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 9 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
7,917
Median age
36.9
Median income
$135K
Renters
43%
Bachelor+
68%
Violent / 1k
2.0
Property / 1k
33.9
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 census tracts · DPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
WaterfrontFamily 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.
Sloan Lake’s amenity is the lake. People loop it at dusk and walk home; the bars are a neighborhood over in Highland or on Tennyson. Housing faces the water or hides a block off it in brick bungalows. It is quieter than LoHi and less village-like than Berkeley.
Summer weekends pack the path. The rest of the week is dogs and strollers. Weight walk around the lake, not around a commercial square. A car still wins for downtown and the mountains.
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, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster 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.
3 reports
- Pothole2
- Urgent Traffic Safety Maintenance1
- Pothole
- Pothole
- Urgent Traffic Safety Maintenance
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 Sloan Lake.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Sloan Lake safe?
Sloan Lake is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 68 vs city 50). DPD logged 2.0 violent and 33.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 35.9 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Sloan Lake?
ACS median rent is $1,243 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 43% of households rent. Median home value is $855,483. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Sloan Lake walkable?
Walk is 0 here vs 31 for the Denver set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 5 groceries, 1 cafes, 6 transit stops, 23 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Sloan Lake good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.8 / 10. Median age is 36.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Sloan Lake?
21 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 Sloan Lake?
About 7,917 people. Median income $135K. 68% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Sloan Lake?
Berkeley, Highland, Jefferson Park sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official statistical neighborhoods, start with Sloan Lake vs Berkeley.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the Denver table. Distances here are not street geography.
Sloan Lake vs BerkeleySloan Lake vs HighlandSloan Lake vs Jefferson Park
51fit
West Highland
$2K ACS median rent
32nd Avenue shops, brick bungalows, and a calmer read of Highland. Family streets without leaving the northwest.
- Walk index
- 23
- Safety index
- 74
- Published fit
- 51
Family streets
45fit
Berkeley
$2K ACS median rent
Tennyson Street cafes and a lake two blocks over. Northwest Denver at a residential pace.
- Walk index
- 13
- Safety index
- 58
- Published fit
- 45
Family streets
43fit
Highland
$2K ACS median rent
Tennyson-adjacent porches west of the Platte. Brunch density with a view back at downtown.
- Walk index
- 19
- Safety index
- 42
- Published fit
- 43
NightlifePlanned
34fit
Jefferson Park
$2K ACS median rent
New stacks on the edge of the Platte with downtown in the windshield. Smaller, newer, still central.
- Walk index
- 7
- Safety index
- 37
- Published fit
- 34
Planned