Best PlacesFive Points, Denver, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Five Points, 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.
Five Points, Denver ranks 1,693rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Five Points, 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.
Five Points, Denver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Five Points, Denver ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Five Points, Denver ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,827 a month, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Five Points, Denver
A household needs to earn about $166,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Five Points, Denver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,309, 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 Five Points, Denver's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Five Points, Denver
Five Points, 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 Five Points, Denver.
Who works in Five Points, Denver, and how
Work in Five Points, Denver centers on professional & technical 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 40%
- Work from home 40%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Five Points, Denver
Five Points, Denver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 66% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Five Points, Denver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Five Points, Denver, month by month
Five Points, Denver sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Five Points, Denver
Denver International sits about 18 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 Five Points, Denver
Schools across Five Points, Denver average a C−, better than 30% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Polaris Elementary SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Joe Shoemaker SchoolD · 21% proficient
- University Prep - Arapahoe St.F · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- East High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Compassion Road AcademyD+ · 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 Five Points, Denver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Five Points, 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 Five Points, Denver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Five Points, Denver suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of neighborhoods and 40% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Five Points, Denver
Is Five Points, Denver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Five Points, Denver ranks 1,693rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, transit, and biking, and lowest on tree cover and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Five Points, Denver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $657,975. The overall cost of living runs about 11% above the national average. Set against a $104,309 median income, cost of living beats 75% of neighborhoods.
Is Five Points, Denver safe?
Five Points, Denver is safer than 24% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,091 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Five Points, Denver?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 22% of neighborhoods.
Is Five Points, Denver good for families?
Schools beat 30% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 24%, and childcare runs $1,827 a month.
Compare Five Points, Denver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Five Points, Denver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Five Points, 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.
Five Points, Denver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Five Points, Denver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Five Points, Denver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Five Points, Denver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Five Points, Denver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Five Points, 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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