Revolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingRevolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingThis compares what homes cost in the Adams-Arapahoe 28J and Cherry Creek 5 school districts. There are 1,081 homes for sale in Adams-Arapahoe 28J and 1,225 in Cherry Creek 5 as this page loaded. Homes are more expensive in Cherry Creek 5: a median asking price of $500,000 against $436,000, about 15% higher. By the foot it is $256 in Adams-Arapahoe 28J against $260 in Cherry Creek 5. A typical home for sale is 1,613 square feet in one and 1,920 in the other. These are figures about houses. Symbio publishes no school ratings, and a home counts towards a district because its listing named a school there.
| Measure | Adams-Arapahoe 28J | Cherry Creek 5 |
|---|---|---|
| For sale today | ||
| Homes for sale | 1,081 | 1,225 |
| Median asking price | $436,000 | $500,000 |
| Cheapest home for sale | $65,000 | $37,987 |
| Dearest home for sale | $1,439,990 | $19,850,000 |
| Median price per sq ft | $256 | $260 |
| Median size (sq ft) | 1,613 | 1,920 |
| Median days on market | 70 | 62 |
| What sold, last 12 months | ||
| Homes sold | 2,812 | 3,799 |
| Median sold price | $449,900 | $550,000 |
| How big an area each covers | ||
| Towns with homes for sale | 3 | 9 |
The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the bigger number. None of these rows is a judgement about the schools — they are about what it costs to buy a house in each district.
Cherry Creek 5. The median asking price is $500,000 against $436,000. Per square foot they run $256 and $260, which is the fairer comparison when the homes are different sizes.
Homes for sale in Cherry Creek 5 have been listed a median of 62 days against 70 in the other. Over the last twelve months 2,812 homes sold in Adams-Arapahoe 28J and 3,799 in Cherry Creek 5.
1,081 in Adams-Arapahoe 28J and 1,225 in Cherry Creek 5 as this page loaded, recalculated from the live MLS feed rather than published on a schedule.
No, and it is worth being blunt about that. Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. Every figure here describes the HOMES whose listings named a school in that district. That is a real answer to "what would I have to pay to buy in this district" and it is not an answer to "which schools are better". It is also not an attendance boundary — confirm the assigned school with the district before it decides anything.
Both districts are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment this page loads, and both are read at the same instant, so the two sides are always comparable. These are figures about HOMES, not about schools: Symbio publishes no school ratings and no test scores. A home counts towards a district because the listing agent recorded a school in that district against it on the MLS - that is not an attendance boundary, and district assignment should always be confirmed with the district itself before it decides anything. Figures cover residential homes; rentals, land and fractional co-ownership shares are excluded. Sold figures cover the last twelve months.
The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on October 27, 2026 at 10:06 AM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.