Golden appreciation rates and housing market information

Golden housing market information

With 17,411 people, 7,215 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $285,781, Golden real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.

single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Golden, accounting for 47.46% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Golden include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments (22.04%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments, or other small apartment buildings (12.22%), mobile homes or trailers (10.26%), and a few row houses and other attached homes (7.76%).

People in Golden primarily live in small (one, two, or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Golden has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.

There is a lot of housing in Golden built from 1970-1994, so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Golden built from 1940-1969 (25.96%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from 1995 and later (19.25%), and some were built from 1939 and earlier (19.25%).

Golden home appreciation rates

Golden's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Golden during the period has been just 5.99%, which is lower than % of US communities.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Golden home appreciation rates, at 1.13%, have been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Golden's appreciation rate has been 1.63%, which annualizes to a rate of 6.52%.

Relative to Colorado, our data show that Golden's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 38% of the other cities and towns in Colorado.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Golden differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Golden - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 1990, to assist you in making the best Golden real estate investment or home purchase decisions.