Neighborhood profileUnited States/Colorado/Boulder/Central Boulder - University Hill

Central Boulder - University Hill Boulder Neighborhood Guide: Crime, Housing, Schools, And Trends

Central Boulder - University Hill is a neighborhood in Boulder, Colorado. This guide brings together violent crime, property crime, rent context, school links, development activity, nearby neighborhoods, and city comparisons in one local read.

Population
7,424
Central Boulder - University Hill covered by 1 underlying area.
Violent crime
3.1 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 11% since 2021.
Property crime
29.6 / 1k
Property crime has declined 17% since 2021.
Market rent
$2,763
Market rent has increased 51% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Central Boulder - University Hill is signaling right now

Quality, momentum, safety, and upside indicators rendered as static SEO HTML with the same data source as the app route.

Quality

29/100

$38,961 income with 15% owner occupancy

Momentum

96/100

Staged ablation winner using pure housing

Safety

25/100

15% owner occupancy with 66.7% poverty

Investor Upside

12/100

+25% rent growth with 2.8% yield proxy

Benchmarks

How Central Boulder - University Hill compares

Neighborhood pages roll up the tract members inside Central Boulder - University Hill, then combine that local footprint with city and state comparisons so the area can be read in context rather than in isolation.

Violent Crime

3.1 / 1k

3.1 / 1k city · 5.2 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

29.6 / 1k

29.6 / 1k city · 31.3 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$2,763

$2,593 city · $1,996 state

Permits 12M

0

0 city · 6,350 state

Research notes

How to read this page

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What this page measures

This page combines neighborhood-level crime, housing, development, school access, and nearby-place context so Central Boulder - University Hill can be read as a full neighborhood, not just a single metric.

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How to use it

Start with the signal cards and benchmark table, then use the trend lines to separate steady-state conditions from a real change story before comparing Central Boulder - University Hill with nearby neighborhoods.

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What can distort the read

Some large percentage changes come from unusually low starting values, partial source coverage, or neighborhood rollups with very different tract mixes over time. Use the benchmark table and linked pages for context.

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What is changing

Market rent is $2,763 and market rent has increased 51% since 2019. This rent read is ZIP-derived market context. 0 in recent permits suggests current development activity is visible in the data.

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Why it reads this way

Violent crime in Central Boulder - University Hill is roughly in line with the city benchmark. Median household income is $38,961. Retail mix currently shows 6.5% premium retail versus 1.9% value-oriented retail.

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Who this is for

Central Boulder - University Hill is easiest to interpret for households comparing pricing against local earning power. Property crime has declined 17% since 2021.