Denver 80209

Washington Park · Denver County, CO · 9,569 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

17affordability /100

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

Payment burden

50.1%

severe

Days on market

daily

Price cuts

30.5%

of active

Valuation

+21.6%

vs assessor

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/100

Weak

stable · seller slight · prices rising 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 40.1% correction for affordability

DOM: 43d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly

Score Components

Payment Burden (25%)100

Valuation Gap (25%)10

Supply & Demand (20%)20

Buy vs Rent (15%)100

Cancellation Rate (10%)0

Days on Market (5%)40

Balanced market in 80209. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 50.1% of median income. A 30% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 43. Renting is approximately 235% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 40.2).

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

STABLESELLER SLIGHT

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price

$981,256

▴ 0.0% YoY

Days on market

daily · zip_data

Median rent

$2,037

ZORI

Investor score

27/100

cash-flow lens

Active listings

141

90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor

+21.6%

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

Avg assessor$1,193,100

county CAMA · properties_v

vs income

—

Fair-value model not available for this market.

fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage

vs county comps

+56.4%

County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.

Denver+56.4%

Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

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

Pricing detail

Price / sqft$467

Price-to-income8.3×

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How 80209 ranks in CO

percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476

Market velocity90%

Supply tightness91%

Affordability12%

Investment yield7%

Appreciation63%

Affordability, supply & momentum

83SUPPLY

Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply2.1 mo

Days on Market14d

Inv vs History+14.6%

Listing Density10.0/1k

Affordability — payment burden

Monthly payment (P&I)$4,957

Payment burden50.1%

Median income · ZIP$118,759

Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr

Total monthly own$5,938

Monthly rent$2,037

Market dynamics

Price cut %30.5%

Momentumstable

LeverageSELLER SLIGHT

Months of supply2.1

Sales (90d)0

Investment analysis

Median rent$2,037

Price-to-rent40.2

Est. cap rate1.6%

Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score14

Transit score8

Bike score—

Places & amenities in ZIP 80209 · 78 mapped

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Parks & open space12

Gates Tennis CenterBark ParkPulaski ParkChipping GreenBonnie Brae ParkWashington Park+6 more

Trails7

South Marion Street ParkwayDenver D14Cherry Creek TrailEast Dakota AvenueSmith Lake LoopSouth Broadway+1 more

Recreation & aquatics8

Washington Park Recreation CenterGoldfish Swim SchoolPS: The Pilates StudioMOVE StudiosFitwall Washington ParkCenter Strength+2 more

Venues & culture7

HQChaos Bloom TheaterEugene Field Branch Denver Public LibrarySmith's Irrigation DitchThe Phipps MansionInternational Church of Cannabis+1 more

Dining & cafés39

StarbucksPerdidaWash PerkStarbucksAdriftSkylark Lounge+33 more

Land & water3

Grasmere LakeSmith LakeFishing Pond

Getting around1

I-25 & Broadway

Weekend range12

Cherry Creek Reservior / State Park · state park9 mi

Chatfield State Park · state park16 mi

Barr Lake State Park · state park18 mi

Roxborough State Park · state park19 mi

Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park24 mi

Golden Gate Canyon · state park27 mi

The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park27 mi

Staunton State Park · state park27 mi

Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park29 mi

St. Vrain State Park · state park32 mi

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

5,321 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP4 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USDenver: incorporated/founded 1858-11-22; named after James W. Denver · 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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Denver County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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

ZIP 80209→Denver County, COPop: 728,309

12-Month Direction

-15Moderate 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

36.8%

severe

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Buy vs Rent0

2.103x

rent advantage

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Valuation19

+56.4%

overvalued

Source: Lotvox comps · Updated 2026-05-15