A free resource by NextGen Coastal — monthly OC rental market intelligence
State data • Updated March 2026

Colorado rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Colorado cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Colorado at a glance

$2,060Median city rent (ZORI)
3.9%Unemployment
1,652Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Colorado cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Aspen $14,033 +22.2%
Basalt $5,000 —
Carbondale $4,648 —
Vail $3,642 —
Dillon $3,433 —
Granby $3,422 —
Silverthorne $3,408 +10.0%
Frisco $3,350 —
Breckenridge $3,219 —
Eagle $3,207 —

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Pueblo $1,329 +2.2%
Greeley $1,419 -2.0%
Colorado Springs $1,700 +0.4%
Aurora $1,701 -1.3%
Westminster $1,760 -1.8%
Lakewood $1,760 -1.3%
Grand Junction $1,787 +4.2%
Denver $1,826 -1.3%
Longmont $1,858 -1.1%
Loveland $1,859 +3.9%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Colorado cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Colorado

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