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
DOM: 68d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)40
Supply & Demand (20%)0
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75
Balanced market in 80138. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 30.9% of median income. Median days on market: 68. Renting is approximately 138% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 28.6).
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 2.5% YoY.
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ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.
County Coverage (2 counties)
ZIP 80138 spans 2 counties
Healthy (22)
This ZIP code crosses county lines. Property data shows Douglas (80.5%) and Elbert (19.5%). County metrics below are shown separately for each county.
Douglas (80.5%)
Elbert (19.5%)
ZIP 80138→2 counties
Douglas County 80.5%Elbert County 19.5%
12-Month Direction
-8Stable
Confidence
100%
DeterioratingStableImproving
Why this score
BuildersLens Market Intelligence
Market Score
42· 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 remain stronger than national averages.
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
CO 3.8%US 4.4%
Lower than most U.S. counties
Source: BLS LAUS · 2026-0540d ago
Poverty Rate
3.7%
CO 9.4%US 12.6%
Lower than most U.S. counties
Median Household Income
$145,737
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)$715,704
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