Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 80449 Hartsel, CO $399,766 $1,737 3.39% 4.9%
2 80420 Alma, CO $614,336 $1,773 2.25% 4.6%
3 80440 Fairplay, CO $608,518 $2,600 3.33% 4.3%
4 80456 Jefferson, CO $452,766 $1,836 3.16% 4.1%
5 80432 Como, CO $443,952 $1,836 3.23% 3.6%
6 80403 Golden, CO $871,059 $2,784 2.49% 3.4%
7 80401 Golden, CO $836,420 $2,149 2.00% 3.3%
8 80452 Idaho Springs, CO $492,178 $2,763 4.38% 3.1%
9 80444 Georgetown, CO $481,377 $1,850 3.00% 3.1%
10 80118 Larkspur, CO $947,909 $2,151 1.77% 3.1%
11 80117 Kiowa, CO $700,845 $1,737 1.93% 3.0%
12 80448 Bailey, CO $576,487 $1,899 2.57% 2.9%
13 80835 Simla, CO $338,427 $1,296 2.99% 2.9%
14 80023 Broomfield, CO $823,007 $2,054 1.95% 2.8%
15 80111 Greenwood Village, CO $897,439 $1,998 1.74% 2.8%
16 80103 Byers, CO $558,912 $1,737 2.42% 2.8%
17 80135 Sedalia, CO $934,904 $1,890 1.58% 2.8%
18 80827 Lake George, CO $437,503 $1,737 3.10% 2.7%
19 80421 Bailey, CO $550,748 $2,850 4.04% 2.5%
20 80131 Louviers, CO $533,997 $2,196 3.21% 2.5%
21 80209 Denver, CO $968,958 $2,073 1.67% 2.5%
22 80116 Franktown, CO $1,059,463 $1,845 1.36% 2.4%
23 80215 Lakewood, CO $679,390 $1,792 2.06% 2.4%
24 80465 Morrison, CO $716,229 $2,585 2.82% 2.3%
25 80828 Limon, CO $285,433 $1,737 4.75% 2.3%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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