El Paso County · Colorado Springs · population 493,554
Where Colorado Springs stands
Steady, no major recent move.
Home value trajectory · last 10 years
Zillow ZHVI · monthlyLifestyle scores
Scores are heuristic estimates from population density, state, and known transit/walkable cities. Not based on a paid Walk Score / Transit Score API — see methodology for the formula.
Rent trajectory · last 5 years
Zillow ZORI · monthlyHome value vs rent · indexed to 100
Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)Rent vs buy
At a 22.0 price-to-rent ratio, the math is starting to lean toward renting in Colorado Springs. Owner-occupier ROI requires longer holds and the assumption that prices keep appreciating roughly at the rate of rent.
How the momentum score breaks down
methodology →Colorado Springs has held up across the cycle: home values at $451,202 with +2.3% 5-year CAGR. The bull case is structural — population, location, employer base — and holds even if next year's print is soft.
Colorado Springs's bear case is the boring one: the cycle is real and any market that's run hard can stall. Watch for slowing population growth, rising days-on-market, or builder discounts as the early warning signals.
About Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is a city in El Paso County, Colorado, with an estimated population of 493,554. The population grew 0.8% annually from 2020 to 2024, a moderate gain. The median home value in Colorado Springs is $451,202 as of 2026-04, down 2.1% over the last 12 months. Over the last five years, home values have averaged +2.3% annual growth (-7.8% from the 5-year peak). Rents in Colorado Springs average $1,712 per month, roughly flat year-over-year (+0.6%). The composite momentum score is 51 of 100 (Stable). Conditions are neither hot nor cold, so the local fit matters more than market timing.
▲ Bull case
▼ Bear case
About Colorado Springs (Wikipedia)
Colorado Springs is a home rule city that is the county seat of, and the most populous city in, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The city had a population of 478,961 at the 2020 census, a 15.02% increase since 2010. Colorado Springs is the second-most populous city and most extensive city by area in the state of Colorado, and the 40th-most-populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Colorado Springs metropolitan area, which had 755,105 residents in 2020, and the second-most prominent city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. It is located in east-central Colorado on Fountain Creek, 70 miles (113 km) south of Denver.
Source: Wikipedia · this summary is contributed and licensed under CC-BY-SA.
City facts
Extracted from the Wikipedia infobox. Values may be slightly out of date relative to the latest sources.
Things to see in Colorado Springs(Tourism)
- Pikes Peak
- Rocky Mountains
- Garden of the Gods
- United States Air Force Academy
- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Colorado College
- Old Colorado City
- U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center
- United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum
- Flying W Ranch
- Pikes Peak Summit
+2 more on Wikipedia.
Extracted from the Wikipedia article. Names linked in the source — open the city’s Wikipedia page for details.
Playbook
Lifestyle fit matters more than market timing in a Stable market. Take your time on the home and neighborhood; the macro trend isn't urgent. Negotiate normally.
Price competitively from day one or risk a 60+ day listing. Staging, photography, and presentation matter more in Stable markets than in Hot ones.
Stable cap rates, no big appreciation story to lean on. Underwrite this as a pure cash-flow play — the math has to work on rent alone.
Local safety & alerts
No active National Weather Service alerts for El Paso County right now.
Public-safety links are official .gov sources, not curated by us. El Paso County routes NWS alerts; check the state EM portal for non-weather emergencies.
Neighborhoods of Colorado Springs
14 tracked · ranked by median home valueCities like Colorado Springs
Run the numbers for Colorado Springs
Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.
Climate & natural-disaster risk
State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.
Current weather
Find rentals & listings
Open current Colorado Springs listings on the major real-estate sites.
Links open the live search on the destination site — results are always current.
Local news & community
Latest news
- FOUND: Investigators searching for missing 76-year-old woman last seen in Colorado SpringsKKTV · 2d ago
- Colorado Springs vendors reopen in new locationYahoo · 3h ago
- Colorado Springs Utilities CEO could see pay jump of $150,000Colorado Springs Gazette · 8h ago
- 9Things to do in Colorado this Memorial Day weekendKUSA.com · 11h ago
- Colorado’s cost of living soars, ranks third highest in the USFOX21 News Colorado · 2d ago
- Colorado Springs launches online tool to track pothole repairsKRDO · 5h ago
Local chatter (Reddit)
Updated 2026-05-21 from Google News + Reddit RSS. Headlines link to original sources.
Local sports teams
Major professional teams the Colorado Springs area cheers for. Detailed stats, schedules, and player pages on intherafters.com.
Local economy & environment
Humidity is annual average relative humidity (NOAA). Income is Census ACS 5-year estimate. Industries are largest employment sectors statewide (BLS); the local mix in a given city may vary.
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