Castle Rock 80109

Castle Rock East · Douglas County, CO · 9,067 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

55affordability /100

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

Payment burden
27.1%
affordable
Days on market
18
daily
Price cuts
32.7%
of active
Valuation
-0.6%
vs assessor
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65
/100
Stable
cooling · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
85
Valuation
90
Economic health
55

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

27/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Seller's Market
DOM: 55d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)25
Supply & Demand (20%)0
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Seller-favored market in 80109. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 27.1% of median income. Median days on market: 55. Renting is approximately 72% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 20.6).

Buyer Caution

Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.

Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
COOLINGSELLER SLIGHT

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices down 1.9% YoY.

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Median price
$662,527
▾ 1.9% YoY
Days on market
18
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,681
ZORI
Investor score
45/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
115
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-0.6%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$658,469
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+63.0%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Douglas+63.0%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$207
Price-to-income4.5×

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How 80109 ranks in CO
percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476
Market velocity84%
Supply tightness84%
Affordability75%
Investment yield72%
Appreciation34%

Affordability, supply & momentum

81SUPPLY
Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply1.9 mo
Days on Market18d
Inv vs History+9.9%
Listing Density12.4/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$3,347
Payment burden27.1%
Median income · ZIP$148,417
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$4,009
Monthly rent$2,681
Market dynamics
Price cut %32.7%
Momentumcooling
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply1.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,681
Price-to-rent20.6
Est. cap rate3.2%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score2
Bike score—
Places & amenities in ZIP 80109 · 70 mapped
Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO
Parks & open space16
Philip S. Miller ParkMercantile ParkButterfield Crossing ParkBison ParkWiggly FieldSuncatcher Park+10 more
Trails19
Gold Loop TrailGreen/Gold LoopGreen/Red Loop TrailPurple Loop TrailNative Legend TrailRed Loop Trail+13 more
Recreation & aquatics13
SafeSplah Swim SchoolThe Exercise CoachUbergrippen Indoor Climbing CragCrossFitMaxFit StudioOrangetheory Fitness+7 more
Venues & culture4
AMC Castle Rock 12Hawaii Fluid ArtContinental Divide RacewaysThe Meadows, Castle Rock, Colorado
Dining & cafés15
MannaStarbucksWaffle HouseIHOPRockyard Brewing CoCrave Burger+9 more
Land & water2
Hangman's GulchEast Plum Creek
Weekend range12
The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park7 mi
Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park10 mi
Roxborough State Park · state park10 mi
Chatfield State Park · state park14 mi
Cherry Creek Reservior / State Park · state park19 mi
Staunton State Park · state park29 mi
Lost Creek Wilderness · wilderness area32 mi
Mueller State Park · state park36 mi
Barr Lake State Park · state park39 mi
Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area41 mi

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

6,772 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP1 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USCastle Rock: incorporated/founded 1874 · Wikidata

Place data: 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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Douglas County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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

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