Thornton 80229

Thornton North · Adams County, CO · 14,847 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

49affordability /100

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

Payment burden

31%

stretched

Days on market

daily

Price cuts

26.6%

of active

Valuation

-2.9%

vs assessor

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/100

Mixed

cooling · 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

DOM: 53d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly

Score Components

Payment Burden (25%)50

Valuation Gap (25%)10

Supply & Demand (20%)20

Buy vs Rent (15%)75

Cancellation Rate (10%)0

Days on Market (5%)60

Seller-favored market in 80229. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 31.0% of median income. Median days on market: 53. Renting is approximately 74% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 20.9).

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 3.0% YoY.

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Median price

$426,479

▾ 3.0% YoY

Days on market

daily · zip_data

Median rent

$1,700

ZORI

Investor score

41/100

cash-flow lens

Active listings

121

90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor

-2.9%

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

Avg assessor$414,000

county CAMA · properties_v

vs income

—

Fair-value model not available for this market.

fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage

vs county comps

+64.8%

County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.

Adams+64.8%

Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

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

Pricing detail

Price / sqft$208

Price-to-income5.1×

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How 80229 ranks in CO

percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476

Market velocity80%

Supply tightness84%

Affordability60%

Investment yield68%

Appreciation14%

Affordability, supply & momentum

85SUPPLY

Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply2.1 mo

Days on Market24d

Inv vs History+2.3%

Listing Density6.2/1k

Affordability — payment burden

Monthly payment (P&I)$2,154

Payment burden31%

Median income · ZIP$83,450

Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr

Total monthly own$2,581

Monthly rent$1,700

Market dynamics

Price cut %26.6%

Momentumcooling

LeverageSELLER SLIGHT

Months of supply2.1

Sales (90d)0

Investment analysis

Median rent$1,700

Price-to-rent20.9

Est. cap rate3.1%

Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score3

Transit score7

Bike score—

Places & amenities in ZIP 80229 · 90 mapped

Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

Parks & open space25

Pelican Ponds Open SpaceRiverwalk Ballfields & Batting CagesLambertson Lakes Park & Open SpaceSherwood Hills ParkAspen ParkLily Park+19 more

Trails17

Sand Creek TrailClear Creek TrailSouth Platte River TrailDenver Orbital Trail - Segment 21Niver Creek TrailGrange Hall Creek Trail+11 more

Recreation & aquatics8

Steele AthleticsThornton Active Adult CenterBatting CagesThe Spot ThortonPlanet FitnessThornton Community Center+2 more

Venues & culture4

AnythinkWelbyKKSEKLZ

Dining & cafés21

Chubby Fish SushiStarbucksStarbucksStarbucksOld ChicagoWaffle House+15 more

Land & water12

Platte RiverCroke LakeNiver Creek TributaryColo Agri CanalWater treatment plant releaseSpratt Lake+6 more

Getting around2

Original Thornton & 88thThornton Crossroads & 104th

Weekend range12

Barr Lake State Park · state park11 mi

Cherry Creek State Park · state park17 mi

Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park19 mi

St. Vrain State Park · state park22 mi

Chatfield State Park · state park26 mi

Golden Gate Canyon · state park26 mi

Roxborough State Park · state park29 mi

Staunton State Park · state park34 mi

The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park37 mi

Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park39 mi

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

5,175 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP40 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USThornton: incorporated/founded 1956-06-12; named after Daniel I.J. Thornton · 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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Adams County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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

ZIP 80229→Adams County, COPop: 543,760

12-Month Direction

-7Stable

Confidence

100%

DeterioratingStableImproving

BuildersLens Market Intelligence

Market Score

41· 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 Burden45

32.8%

stretched

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Buy vs Rent8

1.88x

rent advantage

Source: Lotvox · Updated 2026-05-15

Valuation18

+64.8%

overvalued

Source: Lotvox comps · Updated 2026-05-15