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
Negotiate Hard
Needs 9.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 84d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)80
Supply & Demand (20%)20
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)75
Moderate buyer leverage in 80103. Room to negotiate 5-10% below list. Payment burden: 33.1% of median income. Median days on market: 84. Renting is approximately 181% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 33.7). Market appears 27% overpriced vs. assessed values.
What to Offer
Offer 5-10% below list. You have room to negotiate.
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 80103 spans 2 counties
Healthy (21)
This ZIP code crosses county lines. Property data shows Arapahoe (77%) and Adams (23%). County metrics below are shown separately for each county.
Arapahoe (77%)
Adams (23%)
ZIP 80103→2 counties
Arapahoe County 77%Adams County 23%
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