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Henderson vs Thornton

Henderson and Thornton are both in Adams County. There are 13 homes for sale in Henderson and 393 in Thornton as this page loaded. Asking prices are roughly the same in both: a median of $499,000 in Henderson and $500,000 in Thornton. Homes are moving faster in Thornton — a median of 47 days on market against 70 in Henderson. Henderson is a balanced market right now and Thornton is a seller's market.

Side by side

MeasureHendersonThornton
Homes for sale13393
New in last 30 days5125
Median asking price$499,000$500,000
Median price per sq ft$281$273
Median size (sq ft)1,7991,827
Median bedrooms43
Median days on market7047
Months of supply3.82.8
Sold, last 12 months411,702
Median sold price$515,000$520,000
Median days to sell5561
Sold vs asking price100.0%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

Henderson 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.
Thornton 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.

Henderson

13
Homes for sale
$499,000
Median asking price
$281
Median per sq ft
70
Median days on market

Thornton

393
Homes for sale
$500,000
Median asking price
$273
Median per sq ft
47
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Henderson or Thornton more expensive?

Thornton is more expensive. The median asking price is $500,000 in Thornton against $499,000 in Henderson. By price per square foot, Henderson runs $281 and Thornton $273.

Which moves faster, Henderson or Thornton?

Homes for sale in Thornton have been on the market a median of 47 days, against 70 days in Henderson. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Henderson took a median of 55 days and Thornton 61.

Is Henderson or Thornton the better market for a buyer?

Henderson is a balanced market and Thornton is a seller's market, measured on months of supply — 3.8 months in Henderson and 2.8 in Thornton. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Henderson 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 Henderson and Thornton?

There are 13 homes for sale in Henderson and 393 in Thornton as this page loaded, 5 and 125 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