Aurora housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Aurora home prices: in September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical home in Aurora, Colorado at $447,833, down 2.6% from a year earlier and 11.3% under its July 2022 peak of $504,847.
- Typical value of a home
- $447,833September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- −2.6%. Compared with September 2025.
Aurora home prices since 2000
Aurora is drawn with a steel line, and the United States with a grey one. From January 2000 to now, the typical Aurora home rose from $151,748 to $447,833, ×2.95, while the US over those same months is ×2.99. Prices peaked during the boom in November 2005 at $200,995, then fell to a low of $151,068 in December 2011, −24.8%.
Aurora median home price, year by year
Each year averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 the latest month is shown.
| Year | Aurora | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $161,239 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $184,483 | +14.4% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $193,713 | +5.0% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $196,653 | +1.5% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $197,982 | +0.7% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $200,203 | +1.1% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $199,110 | −0.5% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $191,518 | −3.8% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $175,989 | −8.1% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $165,318 | −6.1% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $165,308 | 0% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $154,689 | −6.4% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $160,859 | +4.0% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $186,860 | +16.2% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $208,235 | +11.4% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $244,356 | +17.3% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $280,675 | +14.9% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $309,235 | +10.2% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $335,568 | +8.5% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $351,090 | +4.6% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $369,667 | +5.3% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $425,299 | +15.0% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $489,165 | +15.0% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $474,844 | −2.9% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $480,893 | +1.3% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $466,613 | −3.0% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $447,833 | −2.6% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Aurora in any year is worth today
It is an index-based estimate of a typical home and not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages twelve monthly index values; September 2026 is the current value. More choices: home appreciation calculator.
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Aurora housing market forecast
In the Denver, CO metro, Zillow's forecast is −0.2% for the 12 months from September 2026, and also −0.2% for the next three months. That would leave Aurora's $447,833 typical value at roughly $446,900 a year on.
This forecast repeats Zillow's central estimate for the metro; no forecast of its own is published here. Forecasts like this one, covering a 12-month span, usually land several percentage points away from the change that actually happened, either way. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts in a single table: housing market forecast.
Aurora housing market crash risk score
79 out of 100, high
Against the 292 cities, the score ranks Aurora on five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls. Every input is set from 0 to 100 by comparison with the other cities, and the five figures are averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they are now and makes no prediction of a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +55.1% | 90 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | +48.7% | 96 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 21.4 | 67 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 4.8 | 49 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −2.6% | 93 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Scoring of the inputs: methodology. Ranking of all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
In Aurora: inventory and days on market
During September 2026 the Denver, CO metro's homes for sale numbered 13,365, +6.7% on the year before and +55.1% versus the same month of 2019. Selling took a median of 58 days (+48.7% against 2019), while 32.1% of listings carried a price cut.
| Denver, CO metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 13,365 | +6.7% |
| New listings | 4,198 | |
| Median days on market | 58 | −4.2% |
| Median list price | $569,900 | −4.9% |
| Share with a price cut | 32.1% |
Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, metro inventory figures. Realtor.com data For every metro: days on market by city.
Rents and the cost of living in Aurora
The Zillow Observed Rent Index puts the typical asking rent in Aurora at $1,742 a month, −1.2% on a year. At that rent, the typical home equals 21.4 years of rent payments. A median household income of $93,837 (Census ACS 2024) means the typical home costs 4.8 times what a household earns in a year. BEA figures give the metro a price level of 105.8, compared with a US average of 100, and put housing costs at 146.9.
More housing markets in Colorado
- In Denver, $520,947.
- Colorado Springs $439,542
- Fort Collins $554,735
- In Pueblo, $281,571.
- For Boulder, $937,901.
- Grand Junction $419,825
- In Durango, $754,540.
Across the state: Colorado housing market.
Understanding the chart
Every point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Aurora: a typical home in the market's middle third, with the series smoothed and seasonally adjusted, valued in the dollars of each month. A hollow dot shows the month selected on the slider, while a terracotta dot marks the most recent month. These figures are not adjusted for inflation, and the index tracks a typical home rather than one particular house. Work out what one home is worth from its own sale price, using the card above it or running the home appreciation calculator.