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Denver vs Golden

Denver and Golden are both Colorado towns. There are 3,912 homes for sale in Denver and 260 in Golden as this page loaded. Golden is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $832,900 against $502,450 in Denver, about 66% higher. Homes are moving faster in Denver — a median of 58 days on market against 64 in Golden. On months of supply both are a balanced market right now.

Side by side

MeasureDenverGolden
Homes for sale3,912260
New in last 30 days1,19667
Median asking price$502,450$832,900
Median price per sq ft$358$385
Median size (sq ft)1,4252,210
Median bedrooms33
Median days on market5864
Months of supply4.84.1
Sold, last 12 months9,833764
Median sold price$580,000$930,000
Median days to sell5953
Sold vs asking price99.0%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

Denver 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.

Denver

3,912
Homes for sale
$502,450
Median asking price
$358
Median per sq ft
58
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 Denver or Golden more expensive?

Golden is more expensive. The median asking price is $832,900 in Golden against $502,450 in Denver. By price per square foot, Denver runs $358 and Golden $385.

Which moves faster, Denver or Golden?

Homes for sale in Denver have been on the market a median of 58 days, against 64 days in Golden. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Denver took a median of 59 days and Golden 53.

Is Denver or Golden the better market for a buyer?

Denver is a balanced market and Golden is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 4.8 months in Denver and 4.1 in Golden. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Denver 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 Denver and Golden?

There are 3,912 homes for sale in Denver and 260 in Golden as this page loaded, 1,196 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.