ZIP 80601

80601 is one of 20 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Adams County, CO.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 11 of the 18 with a value.

Mapped in and around 80601: 82 places to go — 30 parks & open space, 25 dining, 12 day trips.

15 school locations in 80601: 5 elementary, 5 middle, 5 high.

In alphabetical order: 27J Online Academy, Brighton High School, Bromley East Charter School, Eagle Ridge Academy, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 80601 was worth $179,211.

Values peaked at $539,887 in July 2022. The latest reading is −9.7% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $487,418, −2.5% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $487,418. Put 20% down and borrow $389,934 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $2,700 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $99,031 a year, $8,253 a month. So the payment takes 32.7% 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 12.0% 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 $1,073.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,329.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $2,508 — +89% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +19%.

Reported values rose +172% 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 $353,691. So the real change is +38%, not +172%.

80601: +172% since January 2000.

Adams County: +180% since January 2000.

Colorado: +199% since January 2000 — 80601 ran behind it by 27 points.

Against 476 Colorado ZIP codes, 80601 sits at the 62nd percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

16th for appreciation (recent value growth); 68th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $3,187 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,979 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 20.5. 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 63 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 76% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 199.

Going out — closed sales: about 55 a month. That is 70% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 59% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 41% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 3.6 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 55 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 72 — so sales ran at 76% of it, and below it in 10 of the last 24 months.

Across Adams County, builders pulled permits for 2,608 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 72% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Adams County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 16,283 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 14,635 moved out.

Net across those counties: +1,648 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 199 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Denver, CO (5,110 households); most departures went to Denver, CO (3,626).

County assessor records list 417 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $354,000; the typical home value is $487,418.

The assessor average sits −27.4% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.

Of 426 homes with a recorded purchase date, 2% have had the same owner for 20 years or more, and 92% changed hands in the last five.

51% are owned from a different mailing address, 9% from out of state.