ZIP 80218

80218 is one of 31 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Denver County, CO.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 18 of the 26 with a value.

Mapped in and around 80218: 82 places to go — 39 dining, 13 arts & venues, 12 day trips.

4 school locations in 80218: 2 middle, 2 high.

In alphabetical order: Denver Center for 21st-Century Learning at Wyman, Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design, Dora Moore ECE-8 School, Morey Middle School. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 80218 was worth $196,371.

Values peaked at $569,240 in June 2022. The latest reading is −15.7% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $479,943, −2.3% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $479,943. Put 20% down and borrow $383,954 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $2,658 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $82,925 a year, $6,910 a month. So the payment takes 38.5% of income — rated “severe” (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 15.7% 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 $1,176.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,532.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $2,469 — +61% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +1%.

Reported values rose +144% 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 $387,558. So the real change is +24%, not +144%.

80218: +144% since January 2000.

Denver County: +196% since January 2000.

Colorado: +199% since January 2000 — 80218 ran behind it by 54 points.

Against 476 Colorado ZIP codes, 80218 sits at the 42nd percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

18th for appreciation (recent value growth); 31st for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $3,138 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,508 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 26.5. 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 36 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 77% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 121.

Going out — closed sales: about 22 a month. That is 49% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 71% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 29% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 5.5 months of supply — inside the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 14 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 22 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 39 — so sales ran at 56% of it, and below it in 24 of the last 24 months.

Across Denver County, builders pulled permits for 4,727 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 22% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Denver County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 23,050 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 27,350 moved out.

Net across those counties: −4,300 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 121 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Arapahoe, CO (7,829 households); most departures went to Arapahoe, CO (8,748).

County assessor records list 1,659 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $1,126,100; the typical home value is $479,943.

The assessor average sits +134.6% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.

Of 5,804 homes with a recorded purchase date, 14% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 34% changed hands in the last five.

32% are owned from a different mailing address, 6% from out of state.