Estes Park 80517 is in Larimer County, CO, part of the Fort Collins Metro. The typical home value in Estes Park 80517 is $685,844 (Zillow Home Value Index, August 2026), up 0.8% from a year earlier. Homes that sold went under contract in a median 66 days, and 20% of listings took a price cut (Redfin Data Center, period ending Aug 31, 2026). On Lotvox's market-leverage reading of that data, with 6.8 months of supply, neither buyers nor sellers hold a clear edge. Lotvox scores all 7,153 homes in 80517 with county records every night with its Turnover Index; in a held-out test, the top fifth of scored homes accounted for 27.7% of the 184 sales that followed, against 20% by chance (scored Oct 14, 2026). Across Larimer County's 17 ZIPs with a Zillow value, the middle one is $561,580, so 80517 sits 22% above the county middle. Typical rent is $2,573 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index, July 2026). Lotvox holds county assessor records for 8,150 properties in 80517.
Headline value data through August 2026. Each source below carries its own date.
Is 80517 a buyer's or seller's market?
By Lotvox's leverage reading of Redfin data through Aug 31, 2026, 80517 is a balanced market. Homes went under contract in a median 66 days with 6.8 months of supply.
What do homes in 80517 sell for?
The typical home value in 80517 is $685,844 (Zillow Home Value Index, August 2026), up 0.8% in a year. County records put the median at about $265 per square foot (computed Jul 26, 2026).
Who is likely to sell in 80517?
Lotvox's Turnover Index ranks every home in 80517 by how likely it is to sell, from county deed and parcel records, scored nightly. In a held-out test its top fifth held 27.7% of later sales, against 20% by chance.
How does 80517 compare to Larimer County?
80517's typical value of $685,844 compares with a middle value of $561,580 across Larimer County's 17 ZIPs. Both are Zillow Home Value Index figures for August 2026.
Where does this 80517 data come from?
Values and rents come from Zillow's research data, sales pace from the Redfin Data Center, and property counts and turnover from county assessor and deed records. Each number on this page carries its own date, and the method is published at lotvox.com/methodology.
Cite as: Lotvox ZIP market record, 80517 Estes Park, CO, data through August 2026, https://lotvox.com/fort-collins/zip/80517
Listings Flow Ladder — 80517
Faucet, basin and drain — new listings in, active inventory, closed sales out.as of Aug 31, 2026
the basin is fillingnet 17 listings/mo
Faucet — new listings
44/mo
105% of normal (42) · normal
Basin — active listings
187
141% of normal (133) · high· baseline thin
Months of supply
6.8 mo
derived — not published at this grain
Drain — closed sales
27/mo
85% of normal (32)
Net — faucet minus drain
+17/mo
filling
Reading
current
as of 2026-08-31
Compare against:2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31 · 5 same-month points
How plugged is the drain? Two definitions, both ours, deliberately not reconciled.
39%Absorption vs its own normal— 1 - (closed sales / active listings) / same-month median of that ratio
15%Closed sales vs its own normal— 1 - closed sales per month / same-month median closed sales per month
Closed sales over 24 months — two different numbers, deliberately not merged.
5/mofall in the monthly rate (15%)— peak 32/mo (2025-10-31) to 27/mo now
95transactions that did not happen— summed monthly shortfall vs the same-month normal, over 21 months below it (vs 2015-19 (COVID excluded))
rate_drop_from_peak is a change in the monthly rate; cumulative_shortfall_vs_normal counts transactions not transacted. They are different quantities and are not interchangeable.
2026-08-31
Redfin market data (county + ZIP), via Lotvox. As of 2026-08-31. Normal = same-month median of monthly rates, minimum 3 same-month points. Source window 3 months (flows shown per month). months_of_supply is not published at this grain (0 non-null rows measured); derived here as active listings / closed sales per month. A fresher supply-only read (30 new, 166 active, 2026-09-01, Realtor.com inventory (county + ZIP), via Lotvox) is available but is NOT used in the net — that source publishes no closed sales, so subtracting across it would mix two vintages.
Should you buy here?
buyer-timing lens
23affordability /100
Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.
Not available for this ZIP — no rent or ownership-cost estimate published here.
Rent to price
Not available for this ZIP — no price-to-rent ratio published here.
45
/100
mixed
stable · balanced · prices rising year-over-year.
Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.
Buyer / seller
buyer-timing lens
Balanced Market
Needs 40.9% correction for affordability
DOM: 135d (stable) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)100
Valuation Gap (25%)25
Supply & Demand (20%)20
Buy vs Rent (15%)75
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)100
Balanced market in 80517. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 47.2% of median income. A 26% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 135. Renting is approximately 97% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 23.7).
Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLEBALANCED
Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.
Turnover Index · Live in this ZIPBacktest: 27.7% of later sellers were already in the top 20% (random = 20%, 184 held-out sales) · 7,153 parcels scored nightly
Baldwin ParkBond ParkKnoll-Willows Open SpaceLegett Columbarium GardenMrs. Walsh's GardenMurphey's Mountain Park+4 more
Trails162
Alpine Ridge TrailAndrews Glacier TrailAspen Brook TrailAspenglen TrailBabcock DriveBalanced Rock Trail+156 more
Recreation & aquatics8
Dorsey PoolEstes Valley Community CenterHempel family tennis courtsMootz Family Craft & Design CenterOpen Air Adventure ParkRocky Mountain Health Club+2 more
Venues & culture33
earthwood artisansEstes Park MuseumEstes Valley LibraryImages of Rocky Mountain National ParkJellison LibraryKathie Mennel Amphitheater+27 more
Dining & cafés38
AlteatudeAspen DiningBig Horn RestaurantBird and JimBob and Tony's PizzasCafe de Pho-Thai+32 more
Land & water212
Alpine BrookAndrews CreekAndrews TarnAndrews TowerArrowheadArrowhead Lake+206 more
Weekend range14
Bowen Gulch Protection Area (National) · national conservation area18 mi
Boyd Lake State Park · state park30 mi
Cache La Poudre Wilderness · wilderness area20 mi
Comanche Peak Wilderness · wilderness area13 mi
Eldorado Canyon State Park · state park36 mi
Golden Gate Canyon State Park · state park40 mi
Indian Peaks Wilderness Area · wilderness area16 mi
James Peak Protection Area (National) · national conservation area36 mi
James Peak Wilderness · wilderness area38 mi
Lory State Park · state park25 mi
Straight-line distance from the ZIP centroid (USGS PAD-US).
in 6,096 · out 6,429 · Larimer County, CO (parent county of this ZIP)
active inventory
as of 2026-06-01 · IRS SOI county-to-county migration flows 2022-2023 + Redfin inventory history
Price bands
mix-shift
Price Bands — the median behind the median
A single median rises whenever expensive homes become a bigger share of what sells, even if no tier got more expensive. These are the tiers underneath it, computed from the most recent recorded sale per property in Larimer.
Current tiers · 12 months to Apr 26floor 10 sales/tier
Tier
Median
$/sqft
Sales
Share
Source
Under $250k
$169k
$256
16
4.2%
ZIP
$250k–$500k
$381k
$389
90
23.9%
ZIP
$500k–$750k
$619k
$470
122
32.4%
ZIP
$750k–$1M
$828k
$542
63
16.7%
ZIP
$1M–$1.5M
$1.25M
$547
56
14.9%
ZIP
$1.5M–$2M
$1.75M
$770
17
4.5%
ZIP
$2M+
$2.95M
$835
13
3.4%
ZIP
All sales (the headline median)
$672k
$475
377
100%
ZIP
No mix-shift history for this area. no geography from this ZIP up to metro has 8+ quarters of 10+ recorded arms-length sales across at least 4 price tiers. Trends are drawn only from recorded transactions; the last-sale snapshot above cannot carry a time series, because a property that sold twice keeps only its latest sale — which drags the history upward through the tiers and would invent the very mix shift this section exists to test for.
National context — not local
NAR's aggregate existing-home median for the United States and the West census region. This is the figure the tiers above are a check on. It is national/regional and says nothing about 80517.
United States
West
Copyright, National Association of Realtors. Reprinted with permission. Retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. FRED publishes a rolling 13-month window for these series.
Tiers computed from Lotvox parcel and deed substrate through Apr 26 (5 later months withheld as partially loaded). Sample floor 10 sales per tier; below it a figure is drawn from the county or metro and labelled, or left blank. Multi-parcel bulk deeds and duplicate records are excluded.
ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.
ZIP 80517→Larimer County, COPop: 374,387
12-Month Direction
-9Stable
Confidence
100%
DeterioratingStableImproving
BuildersLens Market Intelligence
Market Score
36· Weak
Market Score grades housing-market conditions (affordability, valuation, supply). The county Healthy/Moderate/Distressed badge measures economic distress (jobs, debt, poverty) — the two can read differently.
Payment Burden
50.8%
severe
Source: Freddie Mac PMMS (FRED MORTGAGE30US) 7.4% · Zillow ZHVI · Census income · Updated 2026-10-08
Price-to-rent
22.2x
favors renting
Source: Zillow ZHVI ÷ (Zillow ZORI × 12)
Valuation14
+63.2%
overvalued
Source: Lotvox comps · Updated 2026-05-15
Supply/Demand
6.8 mo
buyer's market
Source: Redfin Data Center (ZIP): inventory ÷ monthly homes sold · Updated 2026-08-31
Insurance Risk
34/100
moderate
Source: FEMA/NFIP · Updated 2026-04
County distress indicators
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Economic indicators are mixed relative to comparable U.S. counties.
Unemployment Rate
4.4%
CO 3.8%US 4.4%
Near national averages
Source: BLS LAUS · 2026-0845d ago
Poverty Rate
10.2%
CO 9.4%US 12.6%
Near national averages
Median Household Income
$91,364
CO $94,510US $82,006
Higher than most U.S. counties
Cost of Living (RPP)
112.5
CO 111.8US 100.3
Higher than many comparable counties
Home Value (ZHVI)$556,492
County data: BLS, Census ACS, CDC, FBI UCR, Federal Reserve, USDA
Tenure by age of householder (ACS B25007) is not published below county. Any ZIP figure here is DERIVED from the county's age-specific owner rates applied to this ZIP's own age structure — never read directly.
Derived — this ZIP
15.1% in 2023
of owner-occupied homes have a householder 75 or older