Kitchel Lake and Timnath Ranch are both neighbourhoods of Timnath, CO. There are 12 homes for sale in Kitchel Lake and 7 in Timnath Ranch as this page loaded. Kitchel Lake is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $972,425 against $492,755 in Timnath Ranch, about 97% higher. By the foot it is $322 in Kitchel Lake against $267 in Timnath Ranch. A typical home is 3,157 square feet in Kitchel Lake and 1,700 in Timnath Ranch, built around 2026 and 2025 respectively. Homes are moving faster in Kitchel Lake: a median of 52 days on the market against 116 in Timnath Ranch. Both are in the Poudre R-1 school district, so the difference between them is the assigned schools rather than the district.
| Measure | Kitchel Lake | Timnath Ranch |
|---|---|---|
| For sale today | ||
| Homes for sale | 12 | 7 |
| Median asking price | $972,425 | $492,755 |
| Cheapest home for sale | $834,950 | $422,735 |
| Dearest home for sale | $1,289,990 | $850,000 |
| Median price per sq ft | $322 | $267 |
| Median days on market | 52 | 116 |
| The homes themselves | ||
| Median size (sq ft) | 3,157 | 1,700 |
| Median bedrooms | 5 | 3 |
| Typical year built | 2026 | 2025 |
| What actually sold, last 12 months | ||
| Homes sold | 26 | 35 |
| Median sold price | $897,153 | $600,000 |
| Schools the homes for sale are assigned to | ||
| School district | Poudre R-1 | Poudre R-1 |
| Elementary | Timnath | Bethke |
| Middle | Timnath | Other |
| High school | Timnath | Other |
| Getting around, out of 10 | ||
| Walkability | 4/10 | 4/10 |
| Transit | 2/10 | 2/10 |
| Biking | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Quiet | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Calm streets | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Getting around | 7/10 | 7/10 |
The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait, the bigger number or the higher score — which of those is good news depends entirely on whether you are buying or selling, and on what you want from a street.
Kitchel Lake is a newer residential community in Timnath, north of Fort Collins, characterized by modern suburban development and growing family-oriented neighborhoods. The area features planned communities with parks, trails, and access to the Cache la Poudre River corridor.
Timnath Ranch is a growing residential community in northern Colorado, located between Fort Collins and Loveland. The neighborhood features newer single-family homes with modern amenities in a developing area characterized by open space and suburban planning.
Kitchel Lake is more expensive. The median asking price is $972,425 in Kitchel Lake against $492,755 in Timnath Ranch. By price per square foot they run $322 in Kitchel Lake and $267 in Timnath Ranch, which is the fairer comparison when the homes are different sizes.
A typical home for sale is 3,157 square feet in Kitchel Lake and 1,700 square feet in Timnath Ranch, with a median of 5 and 3 bedrooms respectively.
Going by the homes on the market today, Timnath Ranch is the older of the two: a typical home there was built around 2025, against 2026 in Kitchel Lake.
Homes for sale in Kitchel Lake have been listed a median of 52 days, against 116 days in Timnath Ranch. Over the last twelve months 26 homes sold in Kitchel Lake and 35 in Timnath Ranch, which is the better measure of how busy each one is.
Both are in the Poudre R-1 school district. The homes for sale in Kitchel Lake are most often assigned to Timnath Elementary, Timnath Middle, Timnath High School; in Timnath Ranch it is Bethke Elementary, Other Middle, Other High School. School assignment can change, so confirm with the district before it decides anything.
Symbio rates both 4 out of 10 for walkability. On transit they score 2 and 2.
They are not a monthly snapshot. Both neighbourhoods are worked out from the live MLS feed every fifteen minutes and both sides are read from the same instant, so the two sides are always measured against each other rather than against different weeks. The exact moment is stamped at the foot of this page.
Both neighbourhoods come from the live MLS feed, worked out again every fifteen minutes, and both are read from the same instant, so the two sides are always comparable. Figures cover residential homes; 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 months. Schools shown are the ones the homes for sale today are assigned to and can change - check with the district before relying on them. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
These figures were worked out from the live MLS feed at September 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM Mountain time, and are recomputed every fifteen minutes.