Belcaro: Denver’s Best Neighborhoods of 2025

# 9

2024 rank: 29

Belcaro makes its first (re)appearance on this list since 2022, when it nabbed a second-place ranking. As usual, it has one of the highest average sale prices in the city, at nearly $2 million last year (behind only Country Club and Southmoor Park). Certainly, the area has plenty working in its favor: big homes, newer custom builds, and luxe ranch-style houses on larger-than-average lots; a convenient location between Washington Park and Cherry Creek; and DPS’ high-performing Stephen Knight Center for Early Education. Though it doesn’t have much in the way of commerce, the Bonnie Brae microhood falls mostly within its borders, and plenty of shops and eateries are nearby.

Population 5,672

2024 Average Sale Price $1,907,908

Neighborhood Rankings

Real Estate Rank 9

Schools Score 4

Safety Rank 10

X Factor Score 5.5

How we got these numbers: We utilized the city’s official list of 78 neighborhoods (only 73 had enough data to be included), and ranked them using four variables: home prices, crime data, school rankings, and an X factor score that accounts for things like access to open space, proximity to public transportation, and restaurant and shopping options. For more on our methodology, return to the main page.

Your Itinerary

Eat & Drink

Indulge in freshly baked pastries, crêpes, and sandwiches at Katherine’s French Bakery & Café. Next door, Ni Tuyo has been spicing up the neighborhood dining scene since 2022 with steaming molcajetes (stewed meats and veggies served in volcanic-rock mortars) and mezcal flights. Osaka Sushi is a familiar standby that serves a fantastic seafood udon, while newcomer La Vacana Burger, a food truck parked permanently in the Mattress Firm lot on South Colorado Boulevard, brings massive Colombian hamburgers to the ’hood. (You’re going to need two hands for these.)

On the Wash Park side of Belcaro’s western border, South University Boulevard, long-standing family favorite Bonnie Brae Ice Cream draws lines for its two dozen house-made flavors on warm evenings. There’s even a solid place to hunker down and watch the Nuggets thanks to Campus Lounge, a nearly 50-year-old sports bar whose patio is almost too cute for it to be considered a dive.

Get Outside

Leave your four wheels at home and explore the city via the Cherry Creek Trail, which runs along Belcaro’s northern border. The 40-mile path extends from downtown Denver—at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, where the Mile High City got its start after gold was discovered in the area in 1858—all the way to Franktown.

Shop

Unlike nearby Cherry Creek, Belcaro doesn’t have much to offer in the way of stores (especially since Wish Gifts moved a half-mile southwest to Washington Park). But just across South University Boulevard, local fashionistas can find the latest trends in women’s clothing and accessories at Pinks Denver.