Wheat Ridge 80033

Wheat Ridge · Jefferson County, CO · 10,271 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

29affordability /100

Buyer leverage is seller slight; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden

43%

severe

Days on market

daily

Price cuts

29.9%

of active

Valuation

+3.9%

vs assessor

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/100

Mixed

cooling · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.

Price trend

Affordability

Valuation

Economic health

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

Balanced Market

Needs 30.2% correction for affordability

DOM: 39d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly

Score Components

Payment Burden (25%)90

Valuation Gap (25%)10

Supply & Demand (20%)0

Buy vs Rent (15%)100

Cancellation Rate (10%)0

Days on Market (5%)40

Balanced market in 80033. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 43.0% of median income. A 19% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 39. Renting is approximately 118% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 26.2).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.

COOLINGSELLER SLIGHT

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices down 2.3% YoY.

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Median price

$600,658

▾ 2.3% YoY

Days on market

daily · zip_data

Median rent

$1,907

ZORI

Investor score

30/100

cash-flow lens

Active listings

90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor

+3.9%

Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.

Avg assessor$624,372

county CAMA · properties_v

vs income

—

Fair-value model not available for this market.

fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage

vs county comps

+69.4%

County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.

Jefferson+69.4%

Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.

Pricing detail

Price / sqft$236

Price-to-income7.1×

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How 80033 ranks in CO

percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476

Market velocity84%

Supply tightness94%

Affordability21%

Investment yield39%

Appreciation27%

Affordability, supply & momentum

83SUPPLY

Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

Very tight supply — well-priced homes attract multiple offers within days.

Months of Supply1.8 mo

Days on Market18d

Inv vs History+21.1%

Listing Density7.5/1k

Affordability — payment burden

Monthly payment (P&I)$3,034

Payment burden43%

Median income · ZIP$84,719

Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr

Total monthly own$3,635

Monthly rent$1,907

Market dynamics

Price cut %29.9%

Momentumcooling

LeverageSELLER SLIGHT

Months of supply1.8

Sales (90d)0

Investment analysis

Median rent$1,907

Price-to-rent26.2

Est. cap rate2.5%

Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score6

Transit score8

Bike score—

Places & amenities in ZIP 80033 · 122 mapped

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Parks & open space13

Crown Hill ParkLewis Meadows ParkJohnson ParkAnderson ParkApel-Bacher ParkProspect Park+7 more

Trails51

Lake Loop TrailOuter Loop TrailTrail No. 99Trail No. 96Trail No. 127Trail No. 94+45 more

Recreation & aquatics10

SafeSplash Swim SchoolOrangetheory FitnessClub PilatesStretch ZoneF45 TrainingWheat Ridge Recreation Center+4 more

Venues & culture5

Wheat RidgeGreat American Beer FestivalExempla Lutheran Medical CenterNorth Central Colorado Urban AreaWheat Ridge/Ward station

Dining & cafés29

StarbucksNoodles & CompanyStarbucksStarbucksBinge Hot ChickenThe Bardo Coffee House+23 more

Land & water10

Bass LakeTabor LakeCrown Hill LakeLena GulchProspect LakeClear Creek+4 more

Getting around3

Wheat Ridge / Ward RoadArvada RidgeOptional stop

Weekend range12

Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park16 mi

Cherry Creek State Park · state park17 mi

Golden Gate Canyon · state park19 mi

Chatfield State Park · state park19 mi

Barr Lake State Park · state park20 mi

Roxborough State Park · state park23 mi

Staunton State Park · state park25 mi

St. Vrain State Park · state park27 mi

Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area30 mi

James Peak Wilderness · wilderness area32 mi

Straight-line distance from the ZIP centroid (USGS PAD-US).

5,347 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP11 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USWheat Ridge: incorporated/founded 1859 · Wikidata

Place data: NPS National Register of Historic Places · USGS 3D Elevation Program · USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) · Wikidata · © OpenStreetMap contributors — licensed ODbL (OpenStreetMap), CC0 (Wikidata) and US public domain (USGS, NPS, Census). Every place shown comes from the named sources; nothing is editorialized.

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Jefferson County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

ZIP 80033→Jefferson County, COPop: 578,437

12-Month Direction

-7Stable

Confidence

100%

DeterioratingStableImproving

BuildersLens Market Intelligence

Market Score

35· 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.

Payment Burden40

36%

severe

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Buy vs Rent0

2.318x

rent advantage

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Valuation12

+69.4%

overvalued

Source: Lotvox comps · Updated 2026-05-15