Best PlacesSoutheastern Denver, Denver, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Southeastern Denver, 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.
Southeastern Denver, Denver ranks 2,193rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on low property taxes and heat safety. The weaker spots are state finances, childcare costs, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Southeastern Denver, 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.
Southeastern Denver, Denver's strengths and weaknesses
Southeastern Denver, Denver lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Low property taxes, heat safety, and transit carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. State finances, childcare costs, and air quality hold the score down. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Southeastern Denver, Denver ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
Where Southeastern Denver, Denver ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,798 a month, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC−, better than only 31% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 36% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Southeastern Denver, Denver
A household needs to earn about $151,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Southeastern Denver, Denver home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,925, 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 Southeastern Denver, Denver's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Southeastern Denver, Denver
Southeastern Denver, Denver's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Southeastern Denver, Denver.
Who works in Southeastern Denver, Denver, and how
Work in Southeastern Denver, Denver centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Southeastern Denver, Denver
Southeastern Denver, Denver has more parkland per resident than 79% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Southeastern Denver, Denver and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Southeastern Denver, Denver, month by month
Southeastern Denver, Denver sees roughly 106 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 Southeastern Denver, 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 Southeastern Denver, Denver
Schools across Southeastern Denver, Denver average a C−, better than 31% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Challenge SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Denver Green School SoutheastA+ · 75% proficient
- Cory Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Campus Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
- West Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Merrill Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- George Washington High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- South High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Southeastern Denver, Denver school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Southeastern Denver, 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 Southeastern Denver, Denver against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Southeastern Denver, Denver suits
Common questions about living in Southeastern Denver, Denver
Is Southeastern Denver, Denver a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Southeastern Denver, Denver ranks 2,193rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, heat safety, and transit, 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 Southeastern Denver, Denver expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $606,216. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $91,925 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Southeastern Denver, Denver safe?
Southeastern Denver, Denver is safer than 48% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $655 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Southeastern Denver, Denver?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 18. That works out to about 106 pleasant days a year, more than 55% of neighborhoods.
Is Southeastern Denver, Denver good for families?
Schools beat 31% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 48%, and childcare runs $1,798 a month.
Is Southeastern Denver, Denver good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 70% of neighborhoods, though advertised internet speeds beat only 43% of neighborhoods. About 24% of workers already work from home.
Compare Southeastern Denver, Denver with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Southeastern Denver, Denver. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Southeastern Denver, 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.
Southeastern Denver, Denver detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Southeastern Denver, Denver: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Southeastern Denver, Denver: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Southeastern Denver, Denver: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Southeastern Denver, Denver: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Southeastern Denver, 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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