ZIP 80302

80302 is one of 18 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Boulder County, CO.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 2 of the 14 with a value.

7 school locations in 80302: 4 elementary, 3 high.

In alphabetical order: Boulder High School, Flatirons Elementary School, Gold Hill Elementary School, Leadership Academy of Colorado, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 80302 was worth $328,573.

Values peaked at $1,242,592 in June 2022. The latest reading is −11.6% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $1,098,588, +0.7% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $1,098,588. Put 20% down and borrow $878,870 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $6,085 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $60,649 a year, $5,054 a month. So the payment takes 120.4% of income — more than the median household earns — 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 36.0% 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 $1,967.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $3,010.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $5,652 — +88% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +18%.

Reported values rose +234% 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 $648,473. So the real change is +69%, not +234%.

80302: +234% since January 2000.

Boulder County: +213% since January 2000.

Colorado: +199% since January 2000 — 80302 ran ahead of it by 36 points.

Against 476 Colorado ZIP codes, 80302 sits at the 0th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

67th for appreciation (recent value growth); 13th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $7,184 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,341 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 39.1. 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 44 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 96% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 189.

Going out — closed sales: about 25 a month. That is 68% 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 = 7.5 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 19 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 25 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 28 — so sales ran at 89% of it, and below it in 15 of the last 24 months.

Across Boulder County, builders pulled permits for 2,001 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 21% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Boulder County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 5,799 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 7,485 moved out.

Net across those counties: −1,686 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 189 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Denver, CO (1,036 households); most departures went to Weld, CO (1,534).

County assessor records list 8,069 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $1,192,700; the typical home value is $1,098,588.

The assessor average sits +8.6% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.

Of 8,599 homes with a recorded purchase date, 38% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 23% changed hands in the last five.

42% are owned from a different mailing address, 9% from out of state.