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Denver, CO

Denver housing affordability

How typical household income compares to typical rent and home value, with BEA regional income context.

Affordability mix

Combines ACS median rent / household income / home value with BEA per-capita personal income context. Not household-level financial advice.

Affordability 73 / 100Economic strength 74 / 100PCPI YoY +4.2%
Aerial daytime view of L'Enfant Plaza and L'Enfant Promenade in southwest Washington, D.C., with the Potomac River at the bottom of the image.

Image: Wikimedia Commons (HABS via Library of Congress) · U.S. National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey — John McWilliams, photographer · Public domain

Public-data housing affordability context. This image does not represent a household-level assessment.

Regional income context

BEA regional income context is fixture-backed and used to supplement ACS affordability inputs. It is not live data and does not represent household-level income. Affordability scores reflect typical income vs typical rent in the market — a renter or buyer's individual situation may differ materially. See methodology for the affordability and economic-strength formulas.

What this report covers

How typical household income compares to typical rent and home value, with BEA regional income context. Each value is attributed to its public source.

Coverage for this report: 100% (3/3 required metrics).

See methodology for how each signal is computed.

Data freshness

Static source fixture

fixtureStale
Retrieved
2026-05-19
Latest source release
2025-03-12

Static source fixtures bundled with the repo — not live. Replace with scheduled-ETL artifacts to flip provenance to live.

Sources

  • American Community Survey

    U.S. Census Bureau

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    ACS 5-Year Estimates

    Confidence
    high
    Cadence
    annually
    Release
    2023-12-07
    Retrieved
    2026-05-19
    Open source ↗

  • House Price Index

    Federal Housing Finance Agency

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    FHFA HPI — All-Transactions (NSA), MSA

    Confidence
    high
    Cadence
    quarterly
    Release
    2025-02-25
    Retrieved
    2026-05-19
    Open source ↗

  • Building Permits Survey

    U.S. Census Bureau

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    Census BPS — Monthly metro permits

    Confidence
    high
    Cadence
    monthly
    Release
    2025-02-19
    Retrieved
    2026-05-19
    Open source ↗

  • FEMA National Risk Index

    Federal Emergency Management Agency

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    National Risk Index — county-level

    Confidence
    high
    Cadence
    annually
    Release
    2023-03-23
    Retrieved
    2026-05-19
    Open source ↗

  • BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

    Bureau of Labor Statistics

    fixturestale

    Local Area Unemployment Statistics — county

    Confidence
    high
    Cadence
    monthly
    Release
    2025-03-12
    Retrieved
    2026-05-19
    Open source ↗

  • BEA Regional Economic Accounts

    Bureau of Economic Analysis

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    Regional Economic Accounts — MSA

    Confidence
    high
    Cadence
    annually
    Release
    2024-11-14
    Retrieved
    2026-05-19
    Open source ↗