Best PlacesCity Park, Denver, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around City Park, Denver, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
City Park, Denver ranks 2,000th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in City 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.
City Park, Denver's strengths and weaknesses
Where City Park, Denver ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where City Park, Denver ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,827 a month, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in City Park, Denver
A household needs to earn about $197,000 a year to comfortably buy the median City Park, Denver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,095, 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 City Park, Denver's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 City Park, Denver
City Park, Denver runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for City Park, Denver.
Who works in City Park, Denver, and how
Work in City Park, Denver centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in City Park, Denver
City Park, Denver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 95% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of City Park, Denver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in City Park, Denver, month by month
City Park, Denver sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 65° | 48° | 32° |
| July | 92° | 74° | 59° |
| October | 70° | 51° | 36° |
Flying in and out of City Park, Denver
Denver International sits about 17 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 City Park, Denver
Schools across City Park, Denver average a C, better than 38% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Joe Shoemaker SchoolD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- East High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Denver Center For 21st-century Learning At WymanD+ · 25% proficient
- Denver Montessori Junior/senior High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every City Park, Denver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
City 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 City Park, Denver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in City Park, Denver
Is City Park, Denver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, City Park, Denver ranks 2,000th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, heat safety, and population health, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is City Park, Denver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $770,335. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $89,095 median income, cost of living beats 58% of neighborhoods.
Is City Park, Denver safe?
City Park, Denver is safer than 31% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $839 per resident a year.
Compare City Park, Denver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to City Park, Denver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in City 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.
City Park, Denver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for City Park, Denver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in City Park, Denver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of City Park, Denver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in City Park, Denver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
City 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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