Denver 80231

Windsor Gardens · Arapahoe County, CO · 8,746 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

45affordability /100

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

Payment burden
33.6%
stretched
Days on market
25
daily
Price cuts
31.5%
of active
Valuation
+52%
vs assessor
Look up an address
25
/100
Weak
cooling · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
0
Affordability
45
Valuation
20
Economic health
45

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

34/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Seller's Market
Needs 10.7% correction for affordability
DOM: 62d (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%)75

Seller-favored market in 80231. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 33.6% of median income. Median days on market: 62. Renting is approximately 94% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.3).

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 5.0% YoY.

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Median price
$409,917
▾ 5.0% YoY
Days on market
25
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,467
ZORI
Investor score
28/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
112
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+52.0%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$623,200
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+56.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Denver+56.4%
Arapahoe+63.2%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$231
Price-to-income5.5×

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How 80231 ranks in CO
percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476
Market velocity79%
Supply tightness79%
Affordability52%
Investment yield55%
Appreciation3%

Affordability, supply & momentum

86SUPPLY
Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply2.1 mo
Days on Market25d
Inv vs History-10.2%
Listing Density7.0/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,071
Payment burden33.6%
Median income · ZIP$73,961
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$2,481
Monthly rent$1,467
Market dynamics
Price cut %31.5%
Momentumcooling
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply2.1
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,467
Price-to-rent23.3
Est. cap rate2.8%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score11
Bike score—
Places & amenities in ZIP 80231 · 78 mapped
Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO
Parks & open space13
Long's Pine Grove ParkWelch ParkBabi Yar ParkCity of Chennai ParkChipping GreenBark Park+7 more
Trails13
Goldsmith Gulch TrailIliff Ave. High Line Canal Regional Trail FeederHigh Line Canal TrailHigh Line Canal Regional TrailCCT/CFRT DETOURCherry Creek & High Line Canal Trails+7 more
Recreation & aquatics5
24 Hour FitnessArthur Murray Dance StudioColorado WeightliftingThe Artisan Town Homes & Apartments ClubhouseCherry Creek Country Club
Venues & culture4
Eloise May LibraryDenver Public Library Hampden BranchFour Square MileTamarac Square
Dining & cafés40
Grounds for Dismissal CoffeeStarbucksStarbucksFirst WatchSacred Beans CoffeeBubba's 33+34 more
Land & water2
Cherry CreekGoldsmith Gulch
Weekend range11
Chatfield State Park · state park17 mi
Roxborough State Park · state park19 mi
Barr Lake State Park · state park19 mi
The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park24 mi
Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park25 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park29 mi
Staunton State Park · state park30 mi
Golden Gate Canyon · state park32 mi
St. Vrain State Park · state park35 mi
Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area39 mi

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

5,447 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP8 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USDenver: incorporated/founded 1858-11-22; named after James W. Denver · 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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Arapahoe County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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

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