Home values, rents and more in the Denver metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Denver metro compares
The typical home in the Denver metro area is worth about $555,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Denver metro are 5% above the typical value in Colorado ($529,000) and 1.5 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Denver metro fell 1.8%, compared with −1.3% in Colorado and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,900 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Colorado ($1,930) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $105,762, against $95,470 in Colorado and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 3,092,037 people live in the Denver metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Denver metro has the 56th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 7th-highest of 17 in Colorado with Zillow figures.
Part of: Colorado
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- 5- and 10-year price changes
- Days on market and months of supply
- Price cuts and sale-to-list ratio
- Price-to-income and monthly cost to buy
- Zillow 12-month price forecast
- School test scores
- Flood, wildfire and natural hazard risk
- Property-tax rate
- Unemployment and job growth
- Building permits
- Mortgage delinquency
- 2024 presidential vote
- Age, education and household make-up
- Amenities and transit nearby
Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Denver metro
Cities in the Denver metro
- Denver, CO $521,000
- Aurora, CO $448,000
- Lakewood, CO $550,000
- Thornton, CO $489,000
- Arvada, CO $593,000
- Westminster, CO $511,000
- Centennial, CO $627,000
- Highlands Ranch, CO $689,000
- Castle Rock, CO $658,000
- Broomfield, CO $616,000
- Commerce City, CO $477,000
- Parker, CO $673,000
- Littleton, CO $612,000
- Brighton, CO $488,000
- Northglenn, CO $450,000
- Englewood, CO $495,000
- Wheat Ridge, CO $582,000
- Golden, CO $847,000
- Greenwood Village, CO $1,382,000
- Lone Tree, CO $870,000
- Federal Heights, CO $382,000
- Castle Pines, CO $878,000
- Cherry Creek, CO $848,000
- Evergreen, CO $869,000
- Derby, CO $359,000
- Cherry Hills Village, CO $3,173,000
- Sheridan, CO $415,000
- Meridian, CO $638,000
- Todd Creek, CO $924,000
- Edgewater, CO $567,000
- Glendale, CO $312,000
- Genesee, CO $1,078,000
- Bennett, CO $423,000
- Strasburg, CO $527,000
- Acres Green, CO $552,000
- Coal Creek, CO $595,000
- Elizabeth, CO $659,000
- Columbine Valley, CO $1,678,000
- Idaho Springs, CO $476,000
- Byers, CO $546,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.