Brighton 80601

Brighton · Adams County, CO · 15,016 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

50affordability /100

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

Payment burden

30.4%

stretched

Days on market

daily

Price cuts

35.0%

of active

Valuation

-0.9%

vs assessor

Look up an address

/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

Balanced Market

DOM: 70d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly

Score Components

Payment Burden (25%)50

Valuation Gap (25%)10

Supply & Demand (20%)40

Buy vs Rent (15%)75

Cancellation Rate (10%)50

Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 80601. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 30.4% of median income. Median days on market: 70. Renting is approximately 77% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 21.2).

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 2.9% YoY.

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Median price

$496,713

▾ 2.9% YoY

Days on market

daily · zip_data

Median rent

$1,949

ZORI

Investor score

41/100

cash-flow lens

Active listings

188

90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor

-0.9%

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

Avg assessor$492,000

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$215

Price-to-income5.0×

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How 80601 ranks in CO

percentile vs all Colorado ZIPs · n=476

Market velocity59%

Supply tightness45%

Affordability62%

Investment yield68%

Appreciation15%

Affordability, supply & momentum

59SUPPLY

Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply4.7 mo

Days on Market43d

Inv vs History-4.2%

Listing Density14.0/1k

Affordability — payment burden

Monthly payment (P&I)$2,509

Payment burden30.4%

Median income · ZIP$99,031

Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr

Total monthly own$3,006

Monthly rent$1,949

Market dynamics

Price cut %35.0%

Momentumcooling

LeverageSELLER SLIGHT

Months of supply4.7

Sales (90d)0

Investment analysis

Median rent$1,949

Price-to-rent21.2

Est. cap rate3.1%

Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

Walk score1

Transit score4

Bike score—

Places & amenities in ZIP 80601 · 83 mapped

Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO

Parks & open space28

Happy Tails Off-Leash Dog ParkAdams County FairBrighton Sports ComplexPheasant Ridge ParkBjaa ParkBenedict Park+22 more

Trails9

South Platte River TrailSouth Platte River Trail to 136th Ave Connector120th Avenue MUPBrighton LateralMemorial TrailOutfall Ditch Trail+3 more

Recreation & aquatics3

Planet FitnessBrighton Oasis Family Aquatic ParkRiverdale Dunes & Knolls GC

Venues & culture5

AMC Brighton 12Anythink BrightonBrighton ArmoryKAMV-LPKNUS

Dining & cafés25

StarbucksBuffalo Wild WingsStarbucksChili'sApplebee'sRed Robin+19 more

Land & water12

Fishing is Fun LakeMann-Nyholt LakeSouth Platte RiverFishing Is Fun PondLutz ReservoirMagers Reservoir+6 more

Weekend range12

Barr Lake · state park3 mi

St. Vrain State Park · state park17 mi

Cherry Creek State Park · state park23 mi

Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park27 mi

Golden Gate Canyon State Park · state park34 mi

Kodak · state recreation area34 mi

Boyd Lake State Park · state park35 mi

Chatfield State Park · state park36 mi

Roxborough State Park · state park39 mi

Castlewood Canyon State Park · state park43 mi

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

5,027 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP55 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USBrighton: incorporated/founded 1887 · 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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Adams County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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

ZIP 80601→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