Best PlacesAthmar Park, Denver, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Athmar Park, Denver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Athmar Park, Denver ranks 3,215th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Athmar Park, Denver
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Athmar Park, Denver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Athmar Park, Denver ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Athmar Park, Denver ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,827 a month, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Athmar Park, Denver
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Athmar Park, Denver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,523, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Athmar Park, Denver's effective rate of 0.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Athmar Park, Denver
Athmar Park, Denver runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Athmar Park, Denver.
Who works in Athmar Park, Denver, and how
Work in Athmar Park, Denver centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Athmar Park, Denver
Athmar Park, Denver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 83% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Athmar Park, Denver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Athmar Park, Denver, month by month
Athmar Park, Denver sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 31° | 18° |
| April | 64° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 90° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 69° | 52° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Athmar Park, Denver
Denver International sits about 21 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Athmar Park, Denver
Schools across Athmar Park, Denver average a D, better than 13% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Mathematics And Science Leadership AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Joe Shoemaker SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Valverde Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kipp Sunshine Peak AcademyF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Compassion Road AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Denver Montessori Junior/senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Kipp Denver Collegiate High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Athmar Park, Denver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Athmar Park, Denver measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Athmar Park, Denver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Athmar Park, Denver
Is Athmar Park, Denver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Athmar Park, Denver ranks 3,215th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Athmar Park, Denver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $532,277. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $87,523 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Athmar Park, Denver safe?
Athmar Park, Denver is safer than 23% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $907 per resident a year.
Compare Athmar Park, Denver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Athmar Park, Denver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Athmar Park, Denver represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Athmar Park, Denver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Athmar Park, Denver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Athmar Park, Denver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Athmar Park, Denver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Athmar Park, Denver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Athmar Park, Denver detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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