Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.
Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens
Seller's Market
DOM: 62d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)20
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75
Seller-favored market in 80016. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 30.4% of median income. Median days on market: 62. Renting is approximately 157% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 30.9).
Buyer Caution
Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.
Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
STABLESELLER SLIGHT
Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices down 1.6% YoY.
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Arapahoe County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.
County Coverage (2 counties)
ZIP 80016 spans 2 counties
Healthy (21)
This ZIP code crosses county lines. Property data shows Arapahoe (91.3%) and Douglas (8.7%). County metrics below are shown separately for each county.
Arapahoe (91.3%)
Douglas (8.7%)
ZIP 80016→2 counties
Arapahoe County 91.3%Douglas County 8.7%
12-Month Direction
-6Stable
Confidence
100%
DeterioratingStableImproving
Why this score
BuildersLens Market Intelligence
Market Score
41· Weak
Market Score grades housing-market conditions (affordability, valuation, supply). The county Healthy/Moderate/Distressed badge measures economic distress (jobs, debt, poverty) — the two can read differently.
Economic indicators are mixed relative to comparable U.S. counties.
Unemployment Rate
3.5%
CO 3.8%US 4.4%
Near national averages
Source: BLS LAUS · 2026-0540d ago
Poverty Rate
10.1%
CO 9.4%US 12.6%
Near national averages
Median Household Income
$97,215
CO $94,510US $82,006
Higher than most U.S. counties
Cost of Living (RPP)
112.5
CO 111.8US 100.3
Higher than many comparable counties
Home Value (ZHVI)$512,638
County data: BLS, Census ACS, CDC, FBI UCR, Federal Reserve, USDA · Coverage derived from property records · Counties with <2% coverage excluded as likely data errors