Lakewood 80228

Green Mountain · Jefferson County, CO · 12,846 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

40affordability /100

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

Payment burden

36.1%

severe

Days on market

daily

Price cuts

30.5%

of active

Valuation

-0.2%

vs assessor

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/100

Mixed

stable · seller slight · 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

Needs 16.9% correction for affordability

DOM: 51d (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%)60

Seller-favored market in 80228. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 36.2% of median income. Median days on market: 51. Renting is approximately 148% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 29.7).

Buyer Caution

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

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

STABLESELLER SLIGHT

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices down 1.2% YoY.

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Median price

$655,520

▾ 1.2% YoY

Days on market

daily · zip_data

Median rent

$1,838

ZORI

Investor score

30/100

cash-flow lens

Active listings

101

90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor

-0.2%

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

Avg assessor$654,034

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%

Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

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

Pricing detail

Price / sqft$218

Price-to-income6.0×

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How 80228 ranks in CO

percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476

Market velocity94%

Supply tightness85%

Affordability42%

Investment yield27%

Appreciation46%

Affordability, supply & momentum

86SUPPLY

Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply1.8 mo

Days on Market11d

Inv vs History+14.7%

Listing Density6.8/1k

Affordability — payment burden

Monthly payment (P&I)$3,311

Payment burden36.1%

Median income · ZIP$110,013

Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr

Total monthly own$3,967

Monthly rent$1,838

Market dynamics

Price cut %30.5%

Momentumstable

LeverageSELLER SLIGHT

Months of supply1.8

Sales (90d)0

Investment analysis

Median rent$1,838

Price-to-rent29.7

Est. cap rate2.2%

Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score4

Transit score6

Bike score—

Places & amenities in ZIP 80228 · 79 mapped

Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

Parks & open space17

William Frederick Hayden ParkPeterson ParkKent Knutson ParkIron Spring ParkLoveland Trail ParkUte Trail Park+11 more

Trails22

ConnectorAlameda Parkway TrailRooney Valley TrailC-470 Trail/Alameda Parkway AccessJohn O. Hayden TrailSummit Loop Trail+16 more

Recreation & aquatics6

Bristlecone24 Hour FitnessGreen Mountain Recreation CenterThe Cycling YogiStudent Recreation CenterBear Creek Golf Club

Venues & culture2

KKFNKQKS

Dining & cafés27

StarbucksTokyo Joe'sWestrail Tap & GrillDutch Bros. CoffeeJason's Deli240 Union Grill+21 more

Land & water3

Green MountainMcIntyre Gulch South BranchLakewood Gulch

Getting around1

12018

Weekend range12

Chatfield State Park · state park14 mi

Cherry Creek State Park · state park17 mi

Roxborough State Park · state park18 mi

Golden Gate Canyon · state park18 mi

Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park18 mi

Staunton State Park · state park19 mi

Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area26 mi

Barr Lake State Park · state park26 mi

James Peak Wilderness · wilderness area30 mi

The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park32 mi

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

6,351 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP10 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USLakewood: incorporated/founded 1889 · Wikidata

Place data: 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

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

ZIP 80228→Jefferson County, COPop: 578,437

12-Month Direction

-7Stable

Confidence

100%

DeterioratingStableImproving

BuildersLens Market Intelligence

Market Score

35· 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 Burden40

36%

severe

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Buy vs Rent0

2.318x

rent advantage

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Valuation12

+69.4%

overvalued

Source: Lotvox comps · Updated 2026-05-15