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Centennial vs Watkins

Centennial and Watkins are both in Arapahoe County. There are 283 homes for sale in Centennial and 55 in Watkins as this page loaded. Centennial is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $615,000 against $455,000 in Watkins, about 35% higher. Homes are moving faster in Centennial — a median of 47 days on market against 109 in Watkins. Centennial is a seller's market right now and Watkins is a balanced market.

Side by side

MeasureCentennialWatkins
Homes for sale28355
New in last 30 days917
Median asking price$615,000$455,000
Median price per sq ft$280$254
Median size (sq ft)2,2751,847
Median bedrooms43
Median days on market47109
Months of supply2.55.5
Sold, last 12 months1,376121
Median sold price$650,000$484,900
Median days to sell53104
Sold vs asking price99.0%100.0%

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

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.
Watkins 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

283
Homes for sale
$615,000
Median asking price
$280
Median per sq ft
47
Median days on market

Watkins

55
Homes for sale
$455,000
Median asking price
$254
Median per sq ft
109
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Centennial or Watkins more expensive?

Centennial is more expensive. The median asking price is $615,000 in Centennial against $455,000 in Watkins. By price per square foot, Centennial runs $280 and Watkins $254.

Which moves faster, Centennial or Watkins?

Homes for sale in Centennial have been on the market a median of 47 days, against 109 days in Watkins. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Centennial took a median of 53 days and Watkins 104.

Is Centennial or Watkins the better market for a buyer?

Centennial is a seller's market and Watkins is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 2.5 months in Centennial and 5.5 in Watkins. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Watkins 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 Centennial and Watkins?

There are 283 homes for sale in Centennial and 55 in Watkins as this page loaded, 91 and 7 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.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on October 27, 2026 at 8:55 AM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

Common questions, answered with live Colorado numbers