Central Park, Denver

Central Park, Denver, Colorado
Neighborhoods in Denver
Location in the state of Colorado
Location in the state of Colorado
Location within the County/City of Denver, Colorado
Location within the County/City of Denver, Colorado
Coordinates: 39°45′29″N 104°53′26″W / 39.7580°N 104.8906°W / 39.7580; -104.8906 (Central Park, Denver)
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyDenver
Founded byMayor Wellington Webb
Elevation
5,312 ft (1,619 m)
Time zoneUTC–7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC–6 (MDT)
ZIP code
80238, 80010
Area code(s)303, 720
Websitewww.denver80238.com
The Central Park neighborhood hosts a community festival with apartments in the background of "Founders Green" located in the urbanized Central Park that shares the neighborhood's name.

Central Park, previously Stapleton, is a neighborhood within the city limits of Denver and Aurora, Colorado.[1] Located east of downtown Denver, the neighborhood is at the former site of the decommissioned Stapleton International Airport, which closed in 1995. It is the largest residential neighborhood within the city of Denver. The Central Park Neighborhood contains twelve specifically named sub-neighborhoods, 11 public/private schools, 50 parks (including city regional and community pocket-parks), 7 pools, several shopping and business districts, a city of Denver recreation center, and a Denver library. The latest population as of 2022 is estimated at 30,000.

Since April 2016, the Central Park neighborhood has been connected to the Denver metro area by RTD's A line, a recently opened commuter rail service that runs from the downtown Denver transit hub to Denver International Airport.[2][3]

The neighborhood consists of varying architectural styles (from ultra modern to traditional). The vast majority of single-family homes have alley-loaded garages. The types of housing also varies (including single-family, condos, live-work townhomes, row homes, duplexes, and high-density apartments).

The 80238 zip code (which encompasses almost all of the Central Park community and is entirely within the neighborhood) is known as one of the wealthiest or highest average household income zip codes in the Denver metro area.[4]

In 2020, the local community voted to change its long established name from Stapleton to Central Park.

  1. ^ "The Story of Stapleton Denver". Stapleton Denver. Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  2. ^ BY THE NUMBERS[permanent dead link] Retrieved: July 17, 2014
  3. ^ Stapleton Business Ready: Facts, Figures and Updates Archived 2014-06-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved: July 17, 2014
  4. ^ Rodriguez, James (May 3, 2019). "2019 Denver-Area Wealthiest ZIP Codes". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.