Columbine Valley, Colorado

Population

Growing. Up 12.1% since 2020.

1,684

people, the 127th-largest of Colorado's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Colorado's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

96.9%

of 385 jobs located in Columbine Valley are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is down 17% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,667

a month. Colorado's median is $1,761.

Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,729 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Arapahoe County.

• $1,772 Tract 850
• $3,501 Tract 851

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$1,188–$1,782

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,667 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2010-2014. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

71% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 140 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 71% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0–0.5% to the 792 homes here.

0–4

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 193% more than Colorado's.

$1,578,900

median home value in Columbine Valley.

• $1,578,900 Columbine Valley
• $539,400 Colorado
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year