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Arvada vs Golden

Arvada and Golden are both in Jefferson County. There are 538 homes for sale in Arvada and 260 in Golden as this page loaded. Golden is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $832,900 against $625,000 in Arvada, about 33% higher. Homes are moving faster in Arvada — a median of 45 days on market against 64 in Golden. On months of supply both are a balanced market right now.

Side by side

MeasureArvadaGolden
Homes for sale538260
New in last 30 days20267
Median asking price$625,000$832,900
Median price per sq ft$303$385
Median size (sq ft)2,0212,210
Median bedrooms33
Median days on market4564
Months of supply3.14.1
Sold, last 12 months2,113764
Median sold price$620,000$930,000
Median days to sell5153
Sold vs asking price100.0%99.0%

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the larger number — which of those is the good news depends entirely on whether you are buying or selling.

What each market is doing

Arvada is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.
Golden is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.

Arvada

538
Homes for sale
$625,000
Median asking price
$303
Median per sq ft
45
Median days on market

Golden

260
Homes for sale
$832,900
Median asking price
$385
Median per sq ft
64
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Arvada or Golden more expensive?

Golden is more expensive. The median asking price is $832,900 in Golden against $625,000 in Arvada. By price per square foot, Arvada runs $303 and Golden $385.

Which moves faster, Arvada or Golden?

Homes for sale in Arvada have been on the market a median of 45 days, against 64 days in Golden. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Arvada took a median of 51 days and Golden 53.

Is Arvada or Golden the better market for a buyer?

Arvada is a balanced market and Golden is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 3.1 months in Arvada and 4.1 in Golden. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Golden is the easier of the two to buy in today. That is the arithmetic, not advice — the right town is the one you want to live in.

How many homes are for sale in Arvada and Golden?

There are 538 homes for sale in Arvada and 260 in Golden as this page loaded, 202 and 67 of them new in the last 30 days.

How current are these figures?

They are not published on a schedule and they are not a monthly snapshot. Both towns are read from the live MLS feed at the same instant, when you open this page, so the two sides are always measured against each other rather than against different weeks.

Both sides of this comparison are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment the page loads - neither is a monthly snapshot, and the two are read at the same instant so they are always comparable. Figures cover residential homes for sale; rentals, land and commercial are excluded, as are fractional co-ownership shares, which are priced per share and would distort the medians. Sold figures cover the last twelve complete calendar months. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed - talk to us before making a decision on it.