ZIP 80238

80238 is one of 31 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Denver County, CO.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 5 of the 26 with a value.

Mapped in and around 80238: 124 places to go — 54 parks & open space, 31 dining, 12 trails.

12 school locations in 80238: 5 elementary, 5 middle, 2 high.

In alphabetical order: Denver Discovery School, Denver Green School Northfield, DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School, DSST: Montview High School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2007 the typical home in 80238 was worth $446,417.

Values peaked at $839,622 in July 2022. The latest reading is −11.2% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $745,889, −1.2% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $745,889. Put 20% down and borrow $596,711 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $4,132 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $166,191 a year, $13,849 a month. So the payment takes 29.8% 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 17.9% in 2007.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2007 (6.22%) the payment was $2,192.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $2,065.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $3,837 — +86% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +17%.

Reported values rose +67% since January 2007.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +64% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2007 home was worth $733,209. So the real change is +2%, not +67%.

80238: +67% since January 2007.

Denver County: +112% since January 2007.

Colorado: +121% since January 2007 — 80238 ran behind it by 54 points.

Against 476 Colorado ZIP codes, 80238 sits at the 74th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

43rd for appreciation (recent value growth); 27th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $4,877 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,142 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 29.0. 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 51 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 78% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 104.

Going out — closed sales: about 43 a month. That is 69% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 50% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 50% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 2.4 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 8 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 43 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 50 — so sales ran at 86% of it, and below it in 13 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: 104 in June 2026.

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

County assessor records list 5,456 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $969,500; the typical home value is $745,889.

The assessor average sits +30.0% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.

Of 8,740 homes with a recorded purchase date, 4% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 34% changed hands in the last five.

12% are owned from a different mailing address, 3% from out of state.