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 24.4% correction for affordability
DOM: 91d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)0
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)100
Balanced market in 80222. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 39.8% of median income. A 12% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 91. Renting is approximately 121% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 26.5).
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 3.6% YoY.
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Trails4
A Mindful BridgeHigh Line Canal TrailHistoric Buchtel Boulevard TrailEast Harvard Gulch Trail
Recreation & aquatics10
Wellbridge Colorado Athletic ClubCorePower YogaOrangetheory FitnessBusy Body LLCMetamorphosis FitnessColorado Budokan Karate+4 more
Venues & culture9
United Artists Colorado Center Stadium 9 & IMAXRoss-University Hills LibraryActasana Acting Studio & TheatreVirginia Village Branch Denver Public LibraryFramed ImageEnvironmental and Engineering Geophysical Society+3 more
Dining & cafés39
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Land & water1
Goldsmith Gulch
Getting around2
ColoradoYale
Weekend range12
Cherry Creek State Park · state park5 mi
Chatfield State Park · state park16 mi
Roxborough State Park · state park17 mi
Barr Lake State Park · state park19 mi
The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park24 mi
Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park26 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park27 mi
Staunton State Park · state park28 mi
Golden Gate Canyon · state park30 mi
St. Vrain State Park · state park34 mi
Straight-line distance from the ZIP centroid (USGS PAD-US).
5,474 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP2 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USDenver: incorporated/founded 1858-11-22; named after James W. Denver · Wikidata
Arapahoe County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.
County Coverage (2 counties)
ZIP 80222 spans 2 counties
Healthy (27)
This ZIP code crosses county lines. Property data shows Denver (85.5%) and Arapahoe (14.5%). County metrics below are shown separately for each county.
Denver (85.5%)
Arapahoe (14.5%)
ZIP 80222→2 counties
Denver County 85.5%Arapahoe County 14.5%
12-Month Direction
-15Moderate Deterioration
Confidence
100%
DeterioratingStableImproving
Why this score
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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