Boulder housing market: median home price and forecast
Boulder home prices: in September 2026 the Zillow Home Value Index valued the typical home in Boulder, Colorado at $937,901. That is +1.5% above a year earlier and −8.9% under the $1,029,467 peak reached in July 2022.
- Value of a typical home
- $937,901September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- +1.5%. Over the year since September 2025.
Boulder home prices since 2000
The grey line shows the United States, the steel line Boulder. A typical home in Boulder, once worth $263,139, reached $937,901, ×3.56, from January 2000; the US figure over those months was ×2.99. The boom peak was $404,293 in May 2008; the low was $389,915 in December 2011, −3.6%.
Boulder median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 the latest month is shown.
| Year | Boulder | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $281,010 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $332,187 | +18.2% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $352,826 | +6.2% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $351,476 | −0.4% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $357,337 | +1.7% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $371,419 | +3.9% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $387,838 | +4.4% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $397,968 | +2.6% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $402,813 | +1.2% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $403,576 | +0.2% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $400,911 | −0.7% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $393,464 | −1.9% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $406,140 | +3.2% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $442,544 | +9.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $479,575 | +8.4% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $535,192 | +11.6% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $619,457 | +15.7% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $671,988 | +8.5% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $696,943 | +3.7% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $721,813 | +3.6% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $750,986 | +4.0% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $845,983 | +12.6% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $984,552 | +16.4% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $960,577 | −2.4% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $960,606 | 0% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $939,809 | −2.2% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $937,901 | +1.5% | $366,157 |
Today's value of a Boulder home bought in any year
An index-based estimate of a typical home, not an appraisal.
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly index values for that year; the current value comes from September 2026. More options: the home appreciation calculator.
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Boulder housing market forecast
For the Boulder, CO metro, Zillow's forecast calls for +0.8% across the 12 months from September 2026. The next three months show 0% growth. That points to close to $945,400 a year on once you apply it to Boulder's typical home value of $937,901.
For the metro, this is Zillow's central estimate, restated here; the site puts out no forecast of its own. Forecasts like this one, over 12 months, have typically landed several percentage points off the realised change, in both directions. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts in one table: housing market forecast.
Boulder housing market crash risk score
78 out of 100, high
Using five measures that ran high before earlier price falls, the score ranks Boulder against 292 cities. Each input sits on a scale from 0 to 100 when set against the other cities; the five results are averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they are now; no crash prediction comes from it.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +24.7% | 76 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | +22.4% | 81 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 32.1 | 95 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 10.9 | 97 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +1.5% | 40 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Scoring of the inputs: methodology. Every one of 292 cities ranked: crash risk by city.
Boulder inventory and days on market
In September 2026 the Boulder, CO metropolitan area showed 1,452 homes listed for sale, up +1.5% from a year earlier and up +24.7% from the same month in 2019. The median time to sell was 60 days (+22.4% against 2019), and price cuts appeared on 26.4% of listings.
| Boulder, CO metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 1,452 | +1.5% |
| New listings | 458 | |
| Median days on market | 60 | −5.5% |
| Median list price | $769,975 | −4.7% |
| Share with a price cut | 26.4% |
Metro inventory figures come from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Data from Realtor.com. All metros: days on market by city.
Boulder living costs
A typical Boulder asking rent is $2,435 a month, 2.2% above a year earlier, per Zillow Observed Rent Index. It takes 32.1 years of that rent to cover the typical home. At a median household income of $85,761 (Census ACS 2024), the typical home equals 10.9 times a year's income. According to BEA, the metro's price index is 105.2, compared with a US average of 100, while its housing-cost index is 157.0.
Rent, prices, and the salary required to move there: Boulder cost of living.
Other Colorado housing markets
- $520,947 in Denver.
- Colorado Springs $439,542
- $447,833 in Aurora.
- Fort Collins $554,735
- $281,571 in Pueblo.
- Grand Junction $419,825
- $754,540 in Durango.
Across the whole state: Colorado housing market.
How to read the chart
Every point gives the Zillow Home Value Index for Boulder, meaning the smoothed and seasonally adjusted dollar value of that month for a home typical of the market's middle third. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider, and the terracotta dot shows the most recent month. These numbers ignore inflation. An index tracks the typical home rather than any one house, so find what a single home is worth from its own sale price using the card above or the home appreciation calculator.