Lakewood 80227

Bear Creek · Jefferson County, CO · 12,005 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

39affordability /100

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

Payment burden
36.8%
severe
Days on market
18
daily
Price cuts
27.3%
of active
Valuation
+6.7%
vs assessor
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39
/100
Weak
cooling · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
25
Valuation
70
Economic health
39

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

38/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Seller's Market
Needs 18.5% correction for affordability
DOM: 42d (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%)40

Seller-favored market in 80227. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 36.9% of median income. Median days on market: 42. Renting is approximately 110% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 25.2).

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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Median price
$539,296
▾ 2.2% YoY
Days on market
18
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,781
ZORI
Investor score
30/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
135
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+6.7%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$575,310
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+69.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Jefferson+69.4%
Denver+56.4%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$206
Price-to-income6.1×

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How 80227 ranks in CO
percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476
Market velocity84%
Supply tightness93%
Affordability38%
Investment yield44%
Appreciation27%

Affordability, supply & momentum

79SUPPLY
Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply1.8 mo
Days on Market18d
Inv vs History+37.3%
Listing Density8.7/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,724
Payment burden36.8%
Median income · ZIP$88,796
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,263
Monthly rent$1,781
Market dynamics
Price cut %27.3%
Momentumcooling
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply1.8
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,781
Price-to-rent25.2
Est. cap rate2.6%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score2
Transit score4
Bike score—
Places & amenities in ZIP 80227 · 119 mapped
Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO
Parks & open space21
Bear Creek Lake ParkPeak View ParkRampart ParkHodgson ParkPickleball CourtsBear Valley Park+15 more
Trails45
Bear Creek Trail & Kipling TrailBCTBear Creek and Stone House TrailsKipling TrailBear Creek & Greenbelt TrailBear Creek Trail Access+39 more
Recreation & aquatics11
VASA FitnessRocky Mountain Goat Yoga, LLCLaurel FitnessPilates PlusCross Fit LakewoodCarmody Recreation Center+5 more
Venues & culture5
Molly Brown Summer HouseOld Stone HouseKDMTKEPNBear Creek Dam
Dining & cafés24
The Bardo Coffee HouseStarbucksStarbucksThe Homestead Grill RestaurantPiggin' Out SmokehouseFalafel House & Grill+18 more
Land & water12
Kendall Reservoir (W)Mount CarbonCarmody PondStone House LakeBear Creek LakeWard Canal+6 more
Weekend range12
Chatfield State Park · state park12 mi
Cherry Creek State Park · state park14 mi
Roxborough State Park · state park16 mi
Staunton State Park · state park19 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park21 mi
Golden Gate Canyon · state park21 mi
Barr Lake State Park · state park25 mi
Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area28 mi
The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park29 mi
Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park31 mi

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

5,422 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP7 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USLakewood: incorporated/founded 1889 · 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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Jefferson County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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