Denver 80202

Downtown · Denver County, CO · 6,563 properties · updated 7/26/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

50affordability /100

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

Payment burden

30.9%

stretched

Days on market

daily

Price cuts

25.6%

of active

Valuation

+45.3%

vs assessor

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/100

Mixed

cooling · buyer advantage · 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

Seller's Market

DOM: 102d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly

Score Components

Payment Burden (25%)50

Valuation Gap (25%)10

Supply & Demand (20%)0

Buy vs Rent (15%)75

Cancellation Rate (10%)75

Days on Market (5%)100

Seller-favored market in 80202. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 30.4% of median income. Median days on market: 102. Renting is approximately 95% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.4).

Buyer Caution

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

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

COOLINGBUYER ADVANTAGE

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Buyers have strong negotiating leverage. Prices down 3.0% YoY.

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Market snapshoteach number, once

Median price

$550,210

▾ 3.0% YoY

Days on market

daily · zip_data

Median rent

$2,068

ZORI

Investor score

31/100

cash-flow lens

Active listings

215

90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor

+45.3%

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

Avg assessor$799,700

county CAMA · properties_v

vs income

—

Fair-value model not available for this market.

fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage

vs county comps

+55.7%

County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.

Denver+55.7%

Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

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

Pricing detail

Price / sqft$473

Price-to-income5.0×

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How 80202 ranks in CO

percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476

Market velocity57%

Supply tightness66%

Affordability62%

Investment yield54%

Appreciation11%

Affordability, supply & momentum

63SUPPLY

Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply1.8 mo

Days on Market47d

Inv vs History+15.9%

Listing Density18.8/1k

Affordability — payment burden

Monthly payment (P&I)$2,843

Payment burden30.9%

Median income · ZIP$110,372

Mortgage rate6.71% · 30yr

Total monthly own$3,393

Monthly rent$2,068

Market dynamics

Price cut %25.6%

Momentumcooling

LeverageBUYER ADVANTAGE

Months of supply1.8

Sales (90d)0

Investment analysis

Median rent$2,068

Price-to-rent23.4

Est. cap rate2.8%

Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score82

Transit score16

Bike score—

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Price bandsmix-shift

Price Bands — the median behind the median

A single median rises whenever expensive homes become a bigger share of what sells, even if no tier got more expensive. These are the tiers underneath it, computed from recorded arms-length deed transactions in Denver.

Aggregate median +2.5% YoY in Denver, CO (county), but the under-$500k tier is +1.3% — both the aggregate and the entry tier are rising. Over the same year the under-$500k share of sales moved from 46.4% to 44.3% (-2.0pp) and the $1M+ share from 12.1% to 13.4% (+1.3pp).

Current tiers · 12 months to Aug 25floor 10 sales/tier

7 tiers had too few sales in this ZIP and are shown at county or metro level — see the stamp on each row.

Tier	Median	$/sqft	Sales	Share	Source
Under $250k	$114k	$234	97	5.0%	COUNTY · Denver, CO
$250k–$500k	$405k	$345	767	39.4%	COUNTY · Denver, CO
$500k–$750k	$585k	$432	534	27.4%	COUNTY · Denver, CO
$750k–$1M	$840k	$501	289	14.8%	COUNTY · Denver, CO
$1M–$1.5M	$1.20M	$515	187	9.6%	COUNTY · Denver, CO
$1.5M–$2M	$1.65M	$531	44	2.3%	COUNTY · Denver, CO
$2M+	$2.64M	$730	31	1.6%	COUNTY · Denver, CO
All sales (the headline median)	$531k	$427	1,949	100%	COUNTY · Denver, CO

ZIP-level history was too thin to draw the tiers; served at county level (Denver, CO), by quarter.

Share of sales by tier (quarterly)

If the upper tiers widen over time, the headline median rises on composition alone.

Under $250k
$250k–$500k
$500k–$750k
$750k–$1M
$1M–$1.5M
$1.5M–$2M
$2M+

Median within each tier, against the headline median (quarterly)

The blue line is the single number NAR-style reporting quotes. The gold lines are what each tier actually did. Log scale — the tiers span an order of magnitude, and on a log axis equal slopes mean equal percentage moves, which is the comparison being made.

Under $250k
$250k–$500k
$500k–$750k
$750k–$1M
$1M–$1.5M
$1.5M–$2M
$2M+
All sales (headline)

National context — not local

NAR's aggregate existing-home median for the United States and the West census region. This is the figure the tiers above are a check on. It is national/regional and says nothing about 80202.

United States
West

Copyright, National Association of Realtors. Reprinted with permission. Retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. FRED publishes a rolling 13-month window for these series.

Tiers computed from Lotvox parcel and deed substrate through Aug 25 (10 later months withheld as partially loaded). Sample floor 10 sales per tier; below it a figure is drawn from the county or metro and labelled, or left blank. Multi-parcel bulk deeds and duplicate records are excluded.

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What's the 80202 Denver, CO Housing Market Like? | Lotvox

ZIP 80202 in Denver, CO maps 134 listings at elevation 5197 feet.

Overall score 37 rates this market Weak with -3.6% year-over-year change and cooling momentum favoring buyers.

Median price sits at $552,063 or $473 per square foot across 215 active homes averaging 47 days on market while rents reach $1,966.

Assessor values average $808,750 creating a 46.5% gap against current pricing within Colorado benchmarks showing limited appreciation percentile at 10.

With median income of $110,372, monthly payments hit $2,789 versus owning costs of $3,341 suggesting renting at $1,966 remains favorable.

Denver County shows economic health at 50 with investment yield percentile ranking 55 against Colorado state benchmarks.

At 5197 feet elevation, the area features 3 water bodies including Wu-Tang Commemorative Gravel Pit and South Platte River corridors.

Seventeen parks include Skyline Park and Pioneer Monument Park alongside 19 trails like Cherry Creek Trail and Delgany Bridge crossings.

Thirteen recreation spots feature Planet Fitness, Pure Barre, and Orangetheory Fitness for local workout routines.

Twenty-two venues anchor Union Station and Museum of Contemporary Art Denver while dining includes Illegal Pete's and Amante Coffee at the Oxford.

Twelve destinations sit within range including Cherry Creek State Park 12 miles out accessible via Union Station Bus Concourse transit links.

Founded in 1858 and named after James W. Denver, the city grew to 715,522 residents over time.

Explore full market data for ZIP 80202 Denver at lotvox.com/denver/zip/80202.

Denver County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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

ZIP 80202→Denver County, COPop: 728,309

12-Month Direction

-16Moderate Deterioration

Confidence

100%

DeterioratingStableImproving

BuildersLens Market Intelligence

Market Score

39· 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 Burden39

36.7%

severe

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Buy vs Rent0

2.076x

rent advantage

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Valuation20

+55.7%

overvalued

Source: Lotvox comps · Updated 2026-05-15