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Boulder vs Lyons

Boulder and Lyons are both in Boulder County. There are 669 homes for sale in Boulder and 79 in Lyons as this page loaded. Boulder is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $998,000 against $875,000 in Lyons, about 14% higher. Homes are moving faster in Boulder — a median of 62 days on market against 101 in Lyons. Boulder is a balanced market right now and Lyons is a buyer's market.

Side by side

MeasureBoulderLyons
Homes for sale66979
New in last 30 days1798
Median asking price$998,000$875,000
Median price per sq ft$549$399
Median size (sq ft)1,8772,208
Median bedrooms33
Median days on market62101
Months of supply5.411.0
Sold, last 12 months1,49086
Median sold price$955,000$883,000
Median days to sell6497
Sold vs asking price98.0%98.0%

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

Boulder 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.
Lyons is a buyer's marketOver six months of supply means there are more homes for sale than the current pace of sales absorbs. Buyers have choice and time, and sellers usually have to compete on price or condition.

Boulder

669
Homes for sale
$998,000
Median asking price
$549
Median per sq ft
62
Median days on market

Lyons

79
Homes for sale
$875,000
Median asking price
$399
Median per sq ft
101
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Boulder or Lyons more expensive?

Boulder is more expensive. The median asking price is $998,000 in Boulder against $875,000 in Lyons. By price per square foot, Boulder runs $549 and Lyons $399.

Which moves faster, Boulder or Lyons?

Homes for sale in Boulder have been on the market a median of 62 days, against 101 days in Lyons. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Boulder took a median of 64 days and Lyons 97.

Is Boulder or Lyons the better market for a buyer?

Boulder is a balanced market and Lyons is a buyer's market, measured on months of supply — 5.4 months in Boulder and 11.0 in Lyons. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Lyons 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 Boulder and Lyons?

There are 669 homes for sale in Boulder and 79 in Lyons as this page loaded, 179 and 8 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.