Boulder, CO Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Boulder: a median closing price of $875,000 across 767 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
Boulder produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.
A note on scope: these figures are for Boulder itself, not Boulder County. They share a name but are different areas, and county-wide numbers will differ.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 767
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $875,000
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $528
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $492,000 and $1,544,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 767 closed sales in Boulder over the last six months, with a median closing price of $875,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $492,000 and $1,544,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 766 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $414 and $682 per square foot.
Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Boulder, CO (September 2026)
The median home price in Boulder is $875,000, measured across the 767 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $492,000 and $1,544,000.
Where Boulder sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Boulder over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $492,000 and $1,544,000. Among the 46 Colorado markets with a published band, Boulder's middle-half spread ($492,000 to $1,544,000) ranks 45th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 98th percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 24 days, across 505 Boulder closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 28 days, across 490 Boulder closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Boulder Real Estate Market Trends in 2026
Among the Boulder closings with usable living area over the last six months, single-family houses closed at a median of $576 per square foot (433 sales), condos at $471 (219 sales) and townhouses at $495 (82 sales).
The Boulder angle
Boulder carries one of the widest quartile spreads Resideline tracks, inside the top 10% of our coverage, and that single fact should change how you use every citywide number here. Across 767 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $875,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $492,000 and $1,544,000. When the ordinary middle of a market covers that much ground, the median is a weak anchor for any one property and a loosely assembled comp set will be wrong by a wide margin. Far more of the band sits above the median than below it, so the cost of a sloppy match is asymmetric and the long side is the upside. Match tightly on size, location and condition, and treat any citywide figure as background rather than evidence.
From market read to offer price
A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Boulder address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Boulder, CO
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 0807850
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 767
Median sold price: $875,000
Median sold $/sqft: $528 (766 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Boulder over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Boulder city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 12% of the 767 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $900,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Boulder?
The median sold price in Boulder over the last 6 months is $875,000, measured across 767 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Boulder last month?
Resideline tracked 99 closed sales in Boulder in August 2026, out of 767 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Boulder?
The middle half of Boulder sales over the last six months closed between $492,000 and $1,544,000, with a median of $875,000.
What is the typical price per square foot in Boulder?
Among qualifying Boulder closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $528, measured across 766 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Why is the Boulder, CO median a poor guide to what a specific home is worth?
Because the spread around it is among the widest we track. With the middle half of closings Resideline tracked running from $492,000 all the way to $1,544,000, a property can be entirely typical and still sit nowhere near $875,000. Price from a tightly matched comp set instead, and expect to defend the number against those sales rather than against the citywide midpoint.
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