Neighborhood profileUnited States/Colorado/Denver/West Colfax

West Colfax Denver Neighborhood Guide: Crime, Housing, Schools, And Trends

West Colfax 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
12,859
West Colfax covered by 1 underlying area.
Violent crime
11.6 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 2% since 2022-01-11.
Property crime
70.6 / 1k
Property crime has declined 11% since 2022-01-11.
Market rent
$1,746
Market rent has increased 13% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What West Colfax 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

$101,746 income with 36.5% owner occupancy

Momentum

16/100

4 tract model scores aggregated for West Colfax

Safety

50/100

36.5% owner occupancy with 18.6% poverty

Investor Upside

11/100

-7% rent growth with 4% yield proxy

Benchmarks

How West Colfax compares

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

Violent Crime

11.6 / 1k

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

Property Crime

70.6 / 1k

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

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,746

$1,936 city · $1,996 state

Permits 12M

176

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 West Colfax 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 West Colfax 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 $1,746 and market rent has increased 13% since 2019. This rent read is ZIP-derived market context. 176 in recent permits suggests current development activity is visible in the data.

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Why it reads this way

Violent crime in West Colfax is approximately 20% higher than the city benchmark. Median household income is $101,746. Retail mix currently shows 11.3% premium retail versus 1.5% value-oriented retail.

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Who this is for

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