ZIP 80237

80237 is one of 31 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Denver County, CO.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 17 of the 26 with a value.

Mapped in and around 80237: 86 places to go — 34 dining, 16 recreation & fitness, 15 parks & open space.

3 school locations in 80237: 2 elementary, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Samuels Elementary School, Southmoor Elementary School, Thomas Jefferson High School. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 80237 was worth $188,153.

Values peaked at $563,953 in July 2022. The latest reading is −13.2% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $489,376, −3.4% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $489,376. Put 20% down and borrow $391,501 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $2,711 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $86,723 a year, $7,227 a month. So the payment takes 37.5% 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 14.4% 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 $1,127.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,453.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $2,518 — +73% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +9%.

Reported values rose +160% 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 $371,339. So the real change is +32%, not +160%.

80237: +160% since January 2000.

Denver County: +196% since January 2000.

Colorado: +199% since January 2000 — 80237 ran behind it by 39 points.

Against 476 Colorado ZIP codes, 80237 sits at the 46th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

8th for appreciation (recent value growth); 54th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $3,200 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,837 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 22.2. 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 45 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 88% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 148.

Going out — closed sales: about 23 a month. That is 57% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 74% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 26% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 6.3 months of supply — above the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 22 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 23 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 38 — so sales ran at 61% of it, and below it in 23 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: 148 in June 2026.

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

County assessor records list 3,356 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $704,650; the typical home value is $489,376.

The assessor average sits +44.0% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.

Of 6,051 homes with a recorded purchase date, 18% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 33% changed hands in the last five.

20% are owned from a different mailing address, 3% from out of state.