ZIP 80501

80501 is one of 18 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Boulder County, CO.

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

Mapped in and around 80501: 129 places to go — 40 dining, 29 parks & open space, 20 recreation & fitness.

22 school locations in 80501: 10 elementary, 5 middle, 6 high, 1 other.

In alphabetical order: Alpine Elementary School, Apex Home School Enrichment Program, Burlington Elementary School, Central Elementary School, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 80501 was worth $162,786.

Values peaked at $533,505 in June 2022. The latest reading is −9.6% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $482,052, −1.9% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $482,052. Put 20% down and borrow $385,642 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $2,670 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $77,705 a year, $6,475 a month. So the payment takes 41.2% 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 13.9% 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 $975.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,345.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $2,480 — +84% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +16%.

Reported values rose +196% 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 $321,275. So the real change is +50%, not +196%.

80501: +196% since January 2000.

Boulder County: +213% since January 2000.

Colorado: +199% since January 2000 — 80501 ran behind it by 3 points.

Against 476 Colorado ZIP codes, 80501 sits at the 32nd percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

25th for appreciation (recent value growth); 59th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $3,152 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,829 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 22.0. 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 53 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 69% 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 46 a month. That is 63% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 36% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 64% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 2.8 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 7 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 46 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 60 — so sales ran at 77% of it, and below it in 23 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: 129 in June 2026.

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

County assessor records list 20,669 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $506,000; the typical home value is $482,052.

The assessor average sits +5.0% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.

Of 21,992 homes with a recorded purchase date, 35% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 22% changed hands in the last five.

46% are owned from a different mailing address, 3% from out of state.