Neighborhood profileUnited States/Colorado/Denver/Union Station

Union Station Denver Neighborhood Guide: Crime, Housing, Schools, And Trends

Union Station 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
9,950
Union Station covered by 1 underlying area.
Violent crime
35.7 / 1k
Violent crime has increased 1% since 2022-01-11.
Property crime
105.5 / 1k
Property crime has declined 38% since 2022-01-11.
Market rent
$1,622
Market rent has increased 4% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Union Station 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

$118,448 income with 25.3% owner occupancy

Momentum

20/100

3 tract model scores aggregated for Union Station

Safety

50/100

25.3% owner occupancy with 9.2% poverty

Investor Upside

6/100

-22% rent growth with 3.9% yield proxy

Benchmarks

How Union Station compares

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

Violent Crime

35.7 / 1k

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

Property Crime

105.5 / 1k

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

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,622

$1,936 city · $1,996 state

Permits 12M

174

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 Union Station 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 Union Station 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 $1,622 and market rent has increased 4% since 2019. This rent read is ZIP-derived market context. 174 in recent permits suggests current development activity is visible in the data.

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Why it reads this way

Violent crime in Union Station differs from the city benchmark by 26.1 / 1k. The benchmark level is too small for a stable percentage comparison. Median household income is $118,448. Retail mix currently shows 17.7% premium retail versus 0.2% value-oriented retail.

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Who this is for

Union Station is easiest to interpret for households comparing pricing against local earning power. Property crime has declined 38% since 2022-01-11.