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
Needs 20.6% correction for affordability
DOM: 34d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)0
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)40
Seller-favored market in 80212. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 37.8% of median income. A 7% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 34. Renting is approximately 98% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.8).
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 2.2% YoY.
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Pferdsteller ParkInspiration Point ParkSloan's Lake ParkPanorama ParkBerkeley ParkRandall Park+5 more
Trails4
Clear Creek TrailSloan's Lake TrailSloan's Lake Trail ConnectorBerkeley Lake Trail
Recreation & aquatics11
William Scheitler Recreation CenterPlanet FitnessTa Da Gymnastics Studio24 Hour FitnessVital YogaThe Dailey Method+5 more
Venues & culture13
Oriental TheaterHistoric Elitch Gardens TheatreSmiley Branch Denver Public LibraryLalu: imagine. create. play.Westward GalleryKirk Norlin Studio & Gallery+7 more
Dining & cafés39
Vital RootHuck Coffee RoastersHops & PieStarbucksPost Oak BBQColorado Cherry Co. Pie + Provisions+33 more
Land & water5
Sloan's LakeLake RhodaInspiration PointBerkeley LakeClear Creek
Weekend range12
Cherry Creek State Park · state park14 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park17 mi
Barr Lake State Park · state park18 mi
Chatfield State Park · state park19 mi
Golden Gate Canyon · state park22 mi
Roxborough State Park · state park23 mi
Staunton State Park · state park27 mi
St. Vrain State Park · state park27 mi
The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park33 mi
Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area33 mi
Straight-line distance from the ZIP centroid (USGS PAD-US).
5,404 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP7 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USDenver: incorporated/founded 1858-11-22; named after James W. Denver · Wikidata
Denver County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.
County Coverage (3 counties)
ZIP 80212 spans 3 counties
Healthy (27)
This ZIP code crosses county lines. Property data shows Denver (83%), Jefferson (14.1%) and Adams (2.9%). County metrics below are shown separately for each county.
Denver (83%)
Jefferson (14.1%)
Adams (2.9%)
ZIP 80212→3 counties
Denver County 83%Jefferson County 14.1%Adams County 2.9%
12-Month Direction
-15Moderate Deterioration
Confidence
100%
DeterioratingStableImproving
Why this score
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.
Economic indicators are mixed relative to comparable U.S. counties.
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
CO 3.8%US 4.4%
Near national averages
Source: BLS LAUS · 2026-0540d ago
Poverty Rate
10.5%
CO 9.4%US 12.6%
Near national averages
Median Household Income
$91,681
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)$548,894
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