Mead 80542

Weld County, CO · 1,584 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

56affordability /100

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

Payment burden
26.6%
affordable
Days on market
42
daily
Price cuts
24.5%
of active
Valuation
-1.7%
vs assessor
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58
/100
mixed
cooling · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.

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

35/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Seller's Market
DOM: 59d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)40
Cancellation Rate (10%)100
Days on Market (5%)60

Seller-favored market in 80542. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 26.6% of median income. Median days on market: 59.

Buyer Caution

Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.

Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
COOLINGBALANCED

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 3.8% YoY.

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Median price
$559,051
▾ 3.8% YoY
Days on market
42
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,351
county avg
Investor score
21/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
45
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-1.7%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$549,712
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
Fair-value model not available for this market.
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vs county comps
+68.8%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Weld+68.8%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$160
Price-to-income4.4×

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How 80542 ranks in CO
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Affordability, supply & momentum

42SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply4.7 mo
Days on Market42d
Inv vs History+46.3%
Listing Density28.2/1k
Market dynamics
Price cut %24.5%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply4.7
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,351
Price-to-rent34.5
Est. cap rate1.7%
Buy vs rentfavors renting

Livability

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Transit score
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Places & amenities in ZIP 80542 · 13 mapped
Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors © CARTO
Parks & open space1
The Highlands Park
Trails1
Community Path
Venues & culture1
Mead
Land & water8
Highland ReservoirTown of Mead ReservoirMulligan ReservoirLogan ReservoirParmalee ReservoirSupply ditch+2 more
Getting around1
Frontier Airstrip
Weekend range11
St. Vrain State Park · state park5 mi
Boyd Lake State Park · state park14 mi
Kodak · state recreation area16 mi
Barr Lake · state park24 mi
Lory State Park · state park25 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park27 mi
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area · wilderness area34 mi
Golden Gate Canyon State Park · state park37 mi
Rocky Mountain National Park · national park38 mi
Cache La Poudre Wilderness · wilderness area38 mi

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

5,001 ft above sea level elevation · USGS 3DEP2 protected / open-space parcels · USGS PAD-USMead: incorporated/founded 1906-02-16 · 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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Weld County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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