Neighborhood profileUnited States/Colorado/Denver/Sun Valley

Sun Valley Denver Neighborhood Guide: Crime, Housing, Schools, And Trends

Sun Valley 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
1,158
Sun Valley covered by 1 underlying area.
Violent crime
54.4 / 1k
Violent crime has increased 34% since 2022-01-11.
Property crime
207.3 / 1k
Property crime has increased 9% since 2022-01-11.
Market rent
$1,933
Market rent has increased 13% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Sun Valley 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

17/100

$28,875 income with 8.2% owner occupancy

Momentum

16/100

Staged ablation winner using pure housing

Safety

5/100

8.2% owner occupancy with 40.4% poverty

Investor Upside

0/100

+4% rent growth with 4% yield proxy

Benchmarks

How Sun Valley compares

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

Violent Crime

54.4 / 1k

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

Property Crime

207.3 / 1k

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

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,933

$1,936 city · $1,996 state

Permits 12M

54

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 Sun Valley 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 Sun Valley 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 $1,933 and market rent has increased 13% since 2019. This rent read is ZIP-derived market context. 54 in recent permits suggests current development activity is visible in the data.

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Why it reads this way

Violent crime in Sun Valley differs from the city benchmark by 44.8 / 1k. The benchmark level is too small for a stable percentage comparison. Median household income is $28,875. Retail mix currently shows 8.1% premium retail versus 0% value-oriented retail.

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Who this is for

Sun Valley is easiest to interpret for households comparing pricing against local earning power. Property crime has increased 9% since 2022-01-11.