Central City and Golden are both Colorado towns. There are 13 homes for sale in Central City and 260 in Golden as this page loaded. Golden is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $832,900 against $545,000 in Central City, about 53% higher. Homes are moving faster in Golden — a median of 64 days on market against 153 in Central City. Central City is a buyer's market right now and Golden is a balanced market.
| Measure | Central City | Golden |
|---|---|---|
| Homes for sale | 13 | 260 |
| New in last 30 days | 2 | 67 |
| Median asking price | $545,000 | $832,900 |
| Median price per sq ft | $310 | $385 |
| Median size (sq ft) | 2,077 | 2,210 |
| Median bedrooms | 3 | 3 |
| Median days on market | 153 | 64 |
| Months of supply | 9.8 | 4.1 |
| Sold, last 12 months | 16 | 764 |
| Median sold price | $424,000 | $930,000 |
| Median days to sell | 86 | 53 |
| Sold vs asking price | 94.0% | 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.
Golden is more expensive. The median asking price is $832,900 in Golden against $545,000 in Central City. By price per square foot, Central City runs $310 and Golden $385.
Homes for sale in Golden have been on the market a median of 64 days, against 153 days in Central City. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Central City took a median of 86 days and Golden 53.
Central City is a buyer's market and Golden is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 9.8 months in Central City and 4.1 in Golden. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Central City 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.
There are 13 homes for sale in Central City and 260 in Golden as this page loaded, 2 and 67 of them new in the last 30 days.
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.