Sun Valley, Denver

Sun Valley is a neighborhood in central Denver, Colorado, bordered by I-25 on the east, Federal Blvd.

Much of Sun Valley's population (94% according to the 2000 census) resides in 10 blocks dominated by publicly subsidized housing.

The bike path meets the gulch between Decatur Street and the South Platte, but has been closed since 2007 because of a flash flood there that took the life of a toddler.

[2] Sun Valley contains a single stop (the Decatur-Federal station) of the FasTracks West Corridor Light Rail line at Decatur Street.

The demographics of the tract were 8% White, 26% Black, 54% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 1% Native American, and 3% Multiracial.

Sun Valley on this map of Denver's neighborhoods
A view of a street in Denver's Sun Valley neighborhood. On the right is some of the area's public housing.
The Sun Valley neighborhood includes Empower Field at Mile High, an American football stadium.