Revolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingRevolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingThis compares what homes cost in the Cherry Creek 5 and Jefferson County R-1 school districts. There are 1,154 homes for sale in Cherry Creek 5 and 2,296 in Jefferson County R-1 as this page loaded. Homes are more expensive in Jefferson County R-1: a median asking price of $625,000 against $495,000, about 26% higher. By the foot it is $261 in Cherry Creek 5 against $325 in Jefferson County R-1. A typical home for sale is 1,820 square feet in one and 1,957 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 | Cherry Creek 5 | Jefferson County R-1 |
|---|---|---|
| For sale today | ||
| Homes for sale | 1,154 | 2,296 |
| Median asking price | $495,000 | $625,000 |
| Cheapest home for sale | $25,000 | $99,000 |
| Dearest home for sale | $19,850,000 | $30,000,000 |
| Median price per sq ft | $261 | $325 |
| Median size (sq ft) | 1,820 | 1,957 |
| Median days on market | 59 | 53 |
| What sold, last 12 months | ||
| Homes sold | 3,949 | 7,870 |
| Median sold price | $550,000 | $645,000 |
| How big an area each covers | ||
| Towns with homes for sale | 8 | 18 |
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.
Jefferson County R-1. The median asking price is $625,000 against $495,000. Per square foot they run $261 and $325, which is the fairer comparison when the homes are different sizes.
Homes for sale in Jefferson County R-1 have been listed a median of 53 days against 59 in the other. Over the last twelve months 3,949 homes sold in Cherry Creek 5 and 7,870 in Jefferson County R-1.
1,154 in Cherry Creek 5 and 2,296 in Jefferson County R-1 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.