Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 80247 Denver, CO $259,829 $1,759 5.28% -0.5%
2 80828 Limon, CO $285,433 $1,737 4.75% 2.3%
3 80452 Idaho Springs, CO $492,178 $2,763 4.38% 3.1%
4 80219 Denver, CO $420,899 $2,343 4.34% 0.5%
5 80216 Denver, CO $358,205 $1,941 4.23% -0.1%
6 80018 Aurora, CO $541,060 $2,841 4.10% 1.9%
7 80421 Bailey, CO $550,748 $2,850 4.04% 2.5%
8 80640 Commerce City, CO $503,354 $2,558 3.96% 1.3%
9 80015 Centennial, CO $546,950 $2,741 3.91% 1.6%
10 80019 Aurora, CO $509,999 $2,521 3.86% 0.9%
11 80014 Aurora, CO $349,269 $1,701 3.80% 0.3%
12 80438 Empire, CO $356,562 $1,737 3.80% 0.2%
13 80221 Denver, CO $451,494 $2,090 3.61% 1.0%
14 80602 Thornton, CO $644,726 $2,923 3.54% 1.7%
15 80235 Lakewood, CO $435,899 $1,968 3.52% 1.9%
16 80105 Deer Trail, CO $387,488 $1,737 3.50% 2.2%
17 80203 Denver, CO $346,664 $1,553 3.49% -1.8%
18 80031 Westminster, CO $504,377 $2,250 3.48% 1.7%
19 80223 Denver, CO $453,094 $2,016 3.47% 0.2%
20 80207 Denver, CO $585,059 $2,596 3.46% 0.5%
21 80433 Conifer, CO $747,388 $3,319 3.46% 1.9%
22 80476 Silver Plume, CO $392,291 $1,737 3.45% -0.1%
23 80457 Evergreen, CO $514,581 $2,250 3.41% 2.0%
24 80013 Aurora, CO $465,938 $2,027 3.39% 1.3%
25 80449 Hartsel, CO $399,766 $1,737 3.39% 4.9%

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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