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Grand Junction 81503 is in Mesa County, CO, part of the Grand Junction Metro. The ZIP-wide typical value in Grand Junction 81503 is $402,513 (Zillow Home Value Index, September 2026), up 3.1% from a year earlier. Homes that sold went under contract in a median 35 days, and 26% of listings took a price cut (Redfin Data Center, period ending Sep 30, 2026). On Lotvox's market-leverage reading of that data, with 4.2 months of supply, sellers hold a slight edge. The Lotvox Turnover Index is not published for 81503 yet: it appears only where a held-out test on the county's recorded sales beats chance. Across Mesa County's 15 ZIPs with a Zillow value, the middle one is $497,178, so 81503 sits 19% below the county middle. Typical rent is $1,839 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index, September 2026). Lotvox holds county assessor records for 7,177 properties in 81503.
Headline value data through September 2026. Each source below carries its own date.
Is 81503 a buyer's or seller's market?
By Lotvox's leverage reading of Redfin data through Sep 30, 2026, 81503 is a seller's market, narrowly. Homes went under contract in a median 35 days with 4.2 months of supply.
What do homes in 81503 sell for?
The ZIP-wide typical value in 81503 is $402,513 (Zillow Home Value Index, September 2026), up 3.1% in a year. County records put the median at about $143 per square foot (computed Jul 26, 2026).
Who is likely to sell in 81503?
Lotvox only publishes its Turnover Index where a held-out test on recorded sales beats chance, and 81503 has not passed that test yet. When it does, the score appears here.
How does 81503 compare to Mesa County?
81503's ZIP-wide typical value of $402,513 compares with a middle value of $497,178 across Mesa County's 15 ZIPs. Both are Zillow Home Value Index figures for September 2026.
Where does this 81503 data come from?
Values and rents come from Zillow's research data, sales pace from the Redfin Data Center, and property counts and turnover from county assessor and deed records. Each number on this page carries its own date, and the method is published at lotvox.com/methodology.
Cite as: Lotvox ZIP market record, 81503 Grand Junction, CO, data through September 2026, https://lotvox.com/grand-junction/zip/81503
Listings Flow Ladder — 81503
Faucet, basin and drain — new listings in, active inventory, closed sales out.as of Sep 30, 2026
the basin is fillingnet 8 listings/mo
Faucet — new listings
30/mo
79% of normal (38) · trickle
Basin — active listings
91
91% of normal (100) · balanced· baseline thin
Months of supply
4.2 mo
derived — not published at this grain
Drain — closed sales
22/mo
61% of normal (36)
Net — faucet minus drain
+8/mo
filling
Reading
current
as of 2026-09-30
Compare against:2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31 · 5 same-month points
How plugged is the drain? Two definitions, both ours, deliberately not reconciled.
16%Absorption vs its own normal— 1 - (closed sales / active listings) / same-month median of that ratio
39%Closed sales vs its own normal— 1 - closed sales per month / same-month median closed sales per month
Closed sales over 24 months — two different numbers, deliberately not merged.
20/mofall in the monthly rate (48%)— peak 42/mo (2024-10-31) to 22/mo now
195transactions that did not happen— summed monthly shortfall vs the same-month normal, over 23 months below it (vs 2015-19 (COVID excluded))
rate_drop_from_peak is a change in the monthly rate; cumulative_shortfall_vs_normal counts transactions not transacted. They are different quantities and are not interchangeable.
2026-09-30
Redfin market data (county + ZIP), via Lotvox. As of 2026-09-30. Normal = same-month median of monthly rates, minimum 3 same-month points. Source window 3 months (flows shown per month). months_of_supply is not published at this grain (0 non-null rows measured); derived here as active listings / closed sales per month. A fresher supply-only read (32 new, 89 active, 2026-09-01, Realtor.com inventory (county + ZIP), via Lotvox) is available but is NOT used in the net — that source publishes no closed sales, so subtracting across it would mix two vintages.
Should you buy here?
buyer-timing lens
43affordability /100
Buyer leverage is seller slight; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.
Payment burden
37%
severe
Days on market
35
daily
Price cuts
25.7%
of active
Valuation
-13.2%
vs assessor
Days on market and price cuts: Redfin Data Center, rolling 90 days.
Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.
Buyer / seller
buyer-timing lens
Balanced Market
Needs 18.9% correction for affordability
DOM: 59d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)50
Valuation Gap (25%)60
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)0
Days on Market (5%)60
Balanced market in 81503. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 34.7% of median income. Median days on market: 59. Renting is approximately 47% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 17.6).
Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
WARMINGSELLER SLIGHT
Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices up 3.1% YoY.
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Median price: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI). Median rent: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI). Days on market and active listings: Redfin Data Center, rolling 90 days.
Valuation
3 lenses, different anchors
vs assessor
-13.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$349,490
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
Fair-value model not available for this market.
fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+75.4%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Mesa+75.4%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
in 1,295 · out 976 · Mesa County, CO (parent county of this ZIP)
active inventory
as of 2026-07-01 · IRS SOI county-to-county migration flows 2022-2023 + Redfin inventory history
Price bands
mix-shift
Price Bands — the median behind the median
A single median rises whenever expensive homes become a bigger share of what sells, even if no tier got more expensive. These are the tiers underneath it, computed from recorded arms-length deed transactions in Mesa.
Aggregate median +2.1% YoY in Mesa, CO (county), but the under-$500k tier is -3.0% — the rise is mix shift, not appreciation. Over the same year the under-$500k share of sales moved from 73.9% to 70.0% (-3.9pp) and the $1M+ share from 4.8% to 6.1% (+1.3pp).
Current tiers · 12 months to Aug 25floor 10 sales/tier
4 tiers had too few sales in this ZIP and are shown at county or metro level — see the stamp on each row.
Tier
Median
$/sqft
Sales
Share
Source
Under $250k
$83k
—
39
23.5%
ZIP
$250k–$500k
$355k
—
96
57.8%
ZIP
$500k–$750k
$556k
—
28
16.9%
ZIP
$750k–$1M
$828k
—
74
—
COUNTY · Mesa, CO
$1M–$1.5M
$1.20M
—
45
—
COUNTY · Mesa, CO
$1.5M–$2M
$1.75M
—
13
—
COUNTY · Mesa, CO
$2M+
$4.92M
—
20
—
COUNTY · Mesa, CO
All sales (the headline median)
$349k
—
166
100%
ZIP
ZIP-level history was too thin to draw the tiers; served at county level (Mesa, CO), by quarter.
Share of sales by tier (quarterly)
If the upper tiers widen over time, the headline median rises on composition alone.
Under $250k
$250k–$500k
$500k–$750k
$750k–$1M
$1M–$1.5M
$1.5M–$2M
$2M+
Median within each tier, against the headline median (quarterly)
The blue line is the single number NAR-style reporting quotes. The gold lines are what each tier actually did. Log scale — the tiers span an order of magnitude, and on a log axis equal slopes mean equal percentage moves, which is the comparison being made.
Under $250k
$250k–$500k
$500k–$750k
$750k–$1M
$1M–$1.5M
$1.5M–$2M
$2M+
All sales (headline)
National context — not local
NAR's aggregate existing-home median for the United States and the West census region. This is the figure the tiers above are a check on. It is national/regional and says nothing about 81503.
United States
West
Copyright, National Association of Realtors. Reprinted with permission. Retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. FRED publishes a rolling 13-month window for these series.
Tiers computed from Lotvox parcel and deed substrate through Aug 25 (10 later months withheld as partially loaded). Sample floor 10 sales per tier; below it a figure is drawn from the county or metro and labelled, or left blank. Multi-parcel bulk deeds and duplicate records are excluded.
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.
ZIP 81503→Mesa County, COPop: 161,196
12-Month Direction
+8Stable
Confidence
100%
DeterioratingStableImproving
BuildersLens Market Intelligence
Market Score
33· Distressed
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 Burden
37%
severe
Source: Freddie Mac PMMS (FRED MORTGAGE30US) 7.32% · Zillow ZHVI · Census income · Updated 2026-10-22
Price-to-rent
18.2x
neutral
Source: Zillow ZHVI ÷ (Zillow ZORI × 12)
Valuation7
+75.4%
overvalued
Source: Lotvox comps · Updated 2026-05-15
Supply/Demand
4.2 mo
balanced
Source: Redfin Data Center (ZIP): inventory ÷ monthly homes sold · Updated 2026-09-30
Insurance Risk
34/100
moderate
Source: FEMA/NFIP · Updated 2026-04
County distress indicators
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Economic indicators are mixed relative to comparable U.S. counties.
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
CO 3.8%US 4.4%
Near national averages
Source: BLS LAUS · 2026-0859d ago
Poverty Rate
11.9%
CO 9.4%US 12.6%
Near national averages
Median Household Income
$71,485
CO $94,510US $82,006
Near national averages
Cost of Living (RPP)
112.5
CO 111.8US 100.3
Higher than many comparable counties
Home Value (ZHVI)$436,551
County data: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), BLS, Census ACS, CDC, FBI UCR, Federal Reserve, USDA
ZIP-wide typical value: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI); change is the 12-month change.
Owner stock, age of householder
Tenure by age of householder (ACS B25007) is not published below county. Any ZIP figure here is DERIVED from the county's age-specific owner rates applied to this ZIP's own age structure — never read directly.
Derived — this ZIP
10.3% in 2023
of owner-occupied homes have a householder 75 or older
