housing costs · Colorado
Housing costs in Boulder County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,966 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,893 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,828 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,694 | ± $25 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $756,300 | ± $14,324 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $713,900 | ± $8,867 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $671,100 | ± $7,750 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $575,700 | ± $8,194 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 35.0 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 34.8 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 34.7 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 33.6 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Boulder County is $1,966, above the Colorado median of $1,156 across 64 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.