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Lyons vs Niwot

Lyons and Niwot are both in Boulder County. There are 68 homes for sale in Lyons and 32 in Niwot as this page loaded. Niwot is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $1,537,500 against $858,500 in Lyons, about 79% higher. Homes are moving faster in Niwot — a median of 97 days on market against 104 in Lyons. Lyons is a buyer's market right now and Niwot is a balanced market.

Side by side

MeasureLyonsNiwot
Homes for sale6832
New in last 30 days104
Median asking price$858,500$1,537,500
Median price per sq ft$404$400
Median size (sq ft)2,1364,534
Median bedrooms34
Median days on market10497
Months of supply9.64.9
Sold, last 12 months8579
Median sold price$890,000$1,425,000
Median days to sell10770
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

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.
Niwot 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

68
Homes for sale
$858,500
Median asking price
$404
Median per sq ft
104
Median days on market

Niwot

32
Homes for sale
$1,537,500
Median asking price
$400
Median per sq ft
97
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Lyons or Niwot more expensive?

Niwot is more expensive. The median asking price is $1,537,500 in Niwot against $858,500 in Lyons. By price per square foot, Lyons runs $404 and Niwot $400.

Which moves faster, Lyons or Niwot?

Homes for sale in Niwot have been on the market a median of 97 days, against 104 days in Lyons. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Lyons took a median of 107 days and Niwot 70.

Is Lyons or Niwot the better market for a buyer?

Lyons is a buyer's market and Niwot is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 9.6 months in Lyons and 4.9 in Niwot. 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 Lyons and Niwot?

There are 68 homes for sale in Lyons and 32 in Niwot as this page loaded, 10 and 4 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 10:55 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