Best PlacesLincoln Park, Denver, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lincoln 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.
Lincoln Park, Denver ranks 3,146th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lincoln 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.
Lincoln Park, Denver's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lincoln Park, Denver ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Lincoln Park, Denver ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,827 a month, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Lincoln Park, Denver
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lincoln Park, Denver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,372, 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 Lincoln Park, Denver's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Lincoln Park, Denver
Lincoln 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 Lincoln Park, Denver.
Who works in Lincoln Park, Denver, and how
Work in Lincoln Park, Denver centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Lincoln Park, Denver
Lincoln Park, Denver has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Lincoln Park, Denver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lincoln Park, Denver, month by month
Lincoln Park, Denver sees roughly 71 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 Lincoln Park, Denver
Denver International sits about 20 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 Lincoln Park, Denver
Schools across Lincoln Park, Denver average a D+, better than 18% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Joe Shoemaker SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Center For Talent Development At GreenleeD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- West Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- North High SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Compassion Road AcademyD+ · 25% proficient
- Colorado High School CharterD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lincoln Park, Denver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lincoln 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 Lincoln Park, Denver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Lincoln Park, Denver
Is Lincoln Park, Denver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lincoln Park, Denver ranks 3,146th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on heat safety, transit, and low property taxes, and lowest on noise and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lincoln Park, Denver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $572,530. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $92,372 median income, cost of living beats 56% of neighborhoods.
Is Lincoln Park, Denver safe?
Lincoln Park, Denver is safer than 16% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,328 per resident a year.
Compare Lincoln Park, Denver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lincoln Park, Denver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lincoln 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.
Lincoln Park, Denver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lincoln Park, Denver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lincoln Park, Denver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lincoln Park, Denver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lincoln Park, Denver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lincoln 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.