What markets does Douglas County Price Guide cover?
Douglas County Price Guide covers 5 markets across the Denver region. Communities included here share enough commute geography, buyer pool, or administrative footprint to read as a coherent group, though each market has its own working comparables, tier posture, and architectural mix.
The figures on this page are aggregate reads. For any specific buy or sell decision, the right anchor is recent closed comparables filtered for lot, vintage, condition, and execution at the property level - not the regional average.
How do the 5 markets compare?
This table keeps the working median, year-over-year movement, days on market, and market tier together so readers can compare every community in the guide without reconstructing the numbers from separate cards.
| Market | Tier | Working median | YoY | DOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Pines | luxury | $1.45M | +4.2% | 48 |
| Lone Tree | mid luxury | $950,000 | +3.5% | 31 |
| Highlands Ranch | mid luxury | $825,000 | +2.9% | 29 |
| Parker | mid luxury | $745,000 | +3.1% | 33 |
| Castle Rock | mid luxury | $695,000 | +3.3% | 36 |
Which markets fall into the luxury segment?
$1.45M - $1.45MWhich markets fall into the mid-luxury segment?
$695,000 - $950,000What does the year-over-year context show?
Across the markets covered here, average year-over-year price movement runs near +3.4%. That headline conceals real variation: ultra-luxury and luxury inventory frequently moves on different dynamics than the mid and value segments, and a single regional number rarely captures what is happening at the comparable-set level.
On a five-to-ten-year hold horizon, the markets in this guide have historically behaved as structural stores of value rather than speculative plays. Liquidity is consistently strongest in the well-presented mid-and-upper segments.
Which sources and methodology support this guide?
Aggregate price stats on this page draw on the public market data sources that any practicing Denver Realtor® references for the markets covered. Working medians, year-over-year movement, days on market, and price per square foot are computed across the listed communities and reported as aggregate ranges, not individual property valuations.
- Denver Metro Association of Realtors (DMAR) - Market Trends Reports
- REcolorado MLS - Q2 2026 closed comparables
- Colorado Division of Real Estate
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts - Denver, Boulder, Jefferson, Douglas, and Arapahoe Counties
- Colorado Department of Local Affairs - State Demography Office
- NAR Research and Statistics
Last updated: . Aggregate stats are point-in-time reads. The right anchor for a specific buy or sell decision is current closed comparables filtered for the property in question.
What do buyers and sellers ask about this market?
What is the median home price across Douglas County?
Working medians range from $695,000 to $1.45M across the 5 markets covered, with the average median sitting near $933,000.
What is the year-over-year price trend?
Average year-over-year movement across these markets runs near +3.4%, with material variation by tier and individual community.
How fast are homes selling?
Average days on market across these markets runs near 35, though well-prepared and accurately priced homes routinely outperform that baseline.
What is the average price per square foot?
Average price per square foot across these markets runs near $293, with meaningful variance by tier, vintage, and architectural posture.
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