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Comparing Boulder vs Commerce City vs Erie

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Headline numbers

Boulder

CO

$2,475

YoY change
+1.8%
Vacancy
4.4%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
52.8%

Commerce City

CO

$2,616

YoY change
+3.7%
Vacancy
2.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
22.8%

Erie

CO

$2,578

YoY change
-2.8%
Vacancy
2.6%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
12.4%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Boulder vs Commerce City vs Erie

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

Demographics & income

Metric BoulderCommerce CityErie
Median household income $87,493$111,972$173,349
Median age 28.83537.6
Renter household share 52.8%22.8%12.4%
YoY rent change +1.8%+3.7%-2.8%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.