Golden 80401

Golden · Jefferson County, CO · 15,521 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

25affordability /100

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

Payment burden
45.4%
severe
Days on market
12
daily
Price cuts
30.9%
of active
Valuation
-5.9%
vs assessor
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32
/100
Weak
stable · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
10
Valuation
70
Economic health
25

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

46/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 33.9% correction for affordability
DOM: 70d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)0
Buy vs Rent (15%)100
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 80401. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 45.5% of median income. A 23% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 70. Renting is approximately 168% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 32.2).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLESELLER SLIGHT

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price
$842,671
▾ 0.9% YoY
Days on market
12
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,179
ZORI
Investor score
29/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
148
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-5.9%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$793,074
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$240
Price-to-income7.5×

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How 80401 ranks in CO
percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476
Market velocity93%
Supply tightness77%
Affordability17%
Investment yield19%
Appreciation52%

Affordability, supply & momentum

82SUPPLY
Severe TightnessSupply Tightness

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

Months of Supply1.8 mo
Days on Market12d
Inv vs History+27.1%
Listing Density8.8/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$4,257
Payment burden45.4%
Median income · ZIP$112,444
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$5,099
Monthly rent$2,179
Market dynamics
Price cut %30.9%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply1.8
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,179
Price-to-rent32.2
Est. cap rate2.0%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score15
Transit score3
Bike score—
Places & amenities in ZIP 80401 · 283 mapped
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Parks & open space56
Lookout Mountain Preserve and Nature CenterApex ParkSouth Table Mountain ParkSouth Table Mountain Conservation EasementApplewood Athletic ClubApplewood Park+50 more
Trails95
Enchanted Forest TrailSmelter TrailMagic Mountain TrailPaydirt TrailRocker TrailPoco Calle Trail+89 more
Recreation & aquatics20
Stretch LabMovement GoldenFour Horsman FitnessVolk GymnasiumMines Park Community Center #2ALIGN+14 more
Venues & culture42
Miners Alley Performing Arts CenterRegal UA Colorado Mills IMAX & RPXRed Rocks AmphitheatreDinosaur Ridge Discovery CenterWine & DesignUhl Studios+36 more
Dining & cafés39
Thai Gold RestaurantStarbucksStarbucksTable Mountain Grill & CantinaAbejasPizza Hut+33 more
Land & water27
Lookout MountainSouth Table MountainGenesee Sewage Treatment ReservoirMount MorrisonMount ZionRolling Reservoir+21 more
Getting around3
Red Rocks CollegeWashington Ave & 16th StColorado Mills
Weekend range12
Golden Gate Canyon · state park14 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park15 mi
Chatfield State Park · state park17 mi
Staunton State Park · state park17 mi
Roxborough State Park · state park21 mi
Cherry Creek State Park · state park22 mi
Mount Evans Wilderness · wilderness area23 mi
James Peak Wilderness · wilderness area26 mi
Barr Lake State Park · state park28 mi
James Peak Protection Area (National) · national conservation area29 mi

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

7,065 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP34 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USGolden: incorporated/founded 1859 · 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

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

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