ZIP 80126

80126 is one of 14 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Douglas County, CO.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 6 of the 14 with a value.

Mapped in and around 80126: 105 places to go — 36 parks & open space, 22 trails, 21 dining.

12 school locations in 80126: 11 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Bear Canyon Elementary School, Copper Mesa Elementary School, Cougar Run Elementary School, Eldorado Elementary School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 80126 was worth $236,416.

Values peaked at $796,728 in June 2022. The latest reading is −7.8% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $734,195, −1.9% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $734,195. Put 20% down and borrow $587,356 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $4,067 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $166,501 a year, $13,875 a month. So the payment takes 29.3% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 9.4% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $1,416.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,888.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $3,777 — +100% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +26%.

Reported values rose +211% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $466,591. So the real change is +57%, not +211%.

80126: +211% since January 2000.

Douglas County: +198% since January 2000.

Colorado: +199% since January 2000 — 80126 ran ahead of it by 12 points.

Against 476 Colorado ZIP codes, 80126 sits at the 75th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

29th for appreciation (recent value growth); 63rd for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $4,801 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,990 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 20.5. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 74 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 73% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 129.

Going out — closed sales: about 68 a month. That is 71% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 26% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 74% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 1.9 months of supply — below the 4–6 month range Lotvox treats as balanced. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 5 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 68 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 81 — so sales ran at 84% of it, and below it in 24 of the last 24 months.

Across Douglas County, builders pulled permits for 2,398 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 61% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Douglas County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 10,326 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 7,977 moved out.

Net across those counties: +2,349 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 129 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Arapahoe, CO (4,025 households); most departures went to Arapahoe, CO (2,753).

County assessor records list 14,882 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $729,774; the typical home value is $734,195.

The assessor average sits −0.6% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.

Of 14,596 homes with a recorded purchase date, 30% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 20% changed hands in the last five.

10% are owned from a different mailing address, 3% from out of state.