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Aurora vs Centennial

Aurora and Centennial are both in Arapahoe County. There are 1,798 homes for sale in Aurora and 231 in Centennial as this page loaded. Centennial is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $589,000 against $450,000 in Aurora, about 31% higher. Homes are moving faster in Centennial — a median of 52 days on market against 58 in Aurora. Aurora is a balanced market right now and Centennial is a seller's market.

Side by side

MeasureAuroraCentennial
Homes for sale1,798231
New in last 30 days52671
Median asking price$450,000$589,000
Median price per sq ft$253$280
Median size (sq ft)1,6942,116
Median bedrooms34
Median days on market5852
Months of supply3.82.0
Sold, last 12 months5,6321,416
Median sold price$470,000$650,000
Median days to sell6953
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

Aurora 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.
Centennial is a seller's marketUnder three months of supply means the homes for sale would run out in under three months at the current pace of sales. Sellers tend to hold their price and good homes go quickly.

Aurora

1,798
Homes for sale
$450,000
Median asking price
$253
Median per sq ft
58
Median days on market

Centennial

231
Homes for sale
$589,000
Median asking price
$280
Median per sq ft
52
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Aurora or Centennial more expensive?

Centennial is more expensive. The median asking price is $589,000 in Centennial against $450,000 in Aurora. By price per square foot, Aurora runs $253 and Centennial $280.

Which moves faster, Aurora or Centennial?

Homes for sale in Centennial have been on the market a median of 52 days, against 58 days in Aurora. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Aurora took a median of 69 days and Centennial 53.

Is Aurora or Centennial the better market for a buyer?

Aurora is a balanced market and Centennial is a seller's market, measured on months of supply — 3.8 months in Aurora and 2.0 in Centennial. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Aurora 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 Aurora and Centennial?

There are 1,798 homes for sale in Aurora and 231 in Centennial as this page loaded, 526 and 71 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.