Neighborhood profileUnited States/Colorado/Denver/Hampden South

Hampden South Denver Neighborhood Guide: Crime, Housing, Schools, And Trends

Hampden South is a neighborhood in Denver, 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
17,711
Hampden South covered by 1 underlying area.
Violent crime
4.2 / 1k
Violent crime has increased 62% since 2022-01-11.
Property crime
30.9 / 1k
Property crime has declined 48% since 2022-01-11.
Market rent
$1,848
Market rent has increased 21% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Hampden South 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

50/100

$85,283 income with 50.6% owner occupancy

Momentum

38/100

4 tract model scores aggregated for Hampden South

Safety

50/100

50.6% owner occupancy with 10.6% poverty

Investor Upside

20/100

+4% rent growth with 4.1% yield proxy

Benchmarks

How Hampden South compares

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

Violent Crime

4.2 / 1k

9.6 / 1k city · 5.2 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

30.9 / 1k

54.0 / 1k city · 31.3 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,848

$1,936 city · $1,996 state

Permits 12M

128

6,350 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 Hampden South 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 Hampden South 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 $1,848 and market rent has increased 21% since 2019. This rent read is ZIP-derived market context. 128 in recent permits suggests current development activity is visible in the data.

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Why it reads this way

Violent crime in Hampden South is approximately 56% lower than the city benchmark. Median household income is $85,283. Retail mix currently shows 8.6% premium retail versus 3.8% value-oriented retail.

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Who this is for

Hampden South is easiest to interpret for households comparing pricing against local earning power. Property crime has declined 48% since 2022-01-11.