Lakewood 80232

Belmar · Jefferson County, CO · 7,973 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
37.1%
severe
Days on market
16
daily
Price cuts
30.8%
of active
Valuation
-1.6%
vs assessor
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43
/100
Mixed
cooling · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
25
Valuation
90
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

43/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 19.1% correction for affordability
DOM: 48d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)75
Valuation Gap (25%)25
Supply & Demand (20%)0
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60

Balanced market in 80232. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 37.1% of median income. A 6% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 48. Renting is approximately 137% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 28.4).

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 2.6% YoY.

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Median price
$537,148
▾ 2.6% YoY
Days on market
16
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,578
ZORI
Investor score
27/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
60
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-1.6%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$528,762
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$209
Price-to-income6.1×

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How 80232 ranks in CO
percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476
Market velocity88%
Supply tightness87%
Affordability38%
Investment yield31%
Appreciation21%

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 Market16d
Inv vs History+9.9%
Listing Density6.4/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$2,713
Payment burden37.1%
Median income · ZIP$87,799
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$3,250
Monthly rent$1,578
Market dynamics
Price cut %30.8%
Momentumcooling
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply1.8
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,578
Price-to-rent28.4
Est. cap rate2.3%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score3
Transit score6
Bike score—
Places & amenities in ZIP 80232 · 47 mapped
Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO
Parks & open space10
Kendrick Lake Park Xeriscape Demonstration GardenJewell ParkLasley ParkLakewood LINK Recreation CenterLochwood ParkGreen Gables Park+4 more
Trails5
West Arizona AvenueKipling TrailSmith Reservoir TrailLINK Recreation CenterSanderson Gulch Trail
Recreation & aquatics6
Lakewood LINK Rec CenterBatting CagesBetter Bodies FitnessSlammers BaseballKarate AcademyStep In Style Dance Studio
Dining & cafés18
StarbucksEl Tequileño Family Mexican RestaurantTaqueria Nueva UnionBrockmeyer'sHe Xing GardenPeak Kava+12 more
Land & water7
Kendrick East ReservoirClairfield ReservoirWard CanalKenderick ReservoirSanderson GulchWeir Gulch+1 more
Weekend range12
Chatfield State Park · state park14 mi
Cherry Creek State Park · state park14 mi
Roxborough State Park · state park17 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park20 mi
Staunton State Park · state park21 mi
Golden Gate Canyon · state park21 mi
Barr Lake State Park · state park24 mi
Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area29 mi
The Bluffs at Castle Point · state park29 mi
Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park32 mi

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

5,551 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP5 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

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