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Housing in Walden

A typical Walden home is worth roughly $170,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$170K
CO $533K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$321
CO $2,602

What kind of housing town is Walden?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 4.1 years of income

Less than across Colorado (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$177,000
Typical Walden home $170K

That covers a typical Walden home, with $7K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$920
Loan $840Tax $30Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $70 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Walden’s typical property tax (0.20% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Renters already here pay a median of $1,692.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,550
27%
of households rent · CO 34%
68
renter households
$1,692
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Jackson County, CO): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Walden in 2025. The last year with any was 2019 (1 new home).

Single-family
012 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
4
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−2
New homes+5

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Walden's population fell by 2 even though 5 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Colorado: 2.5 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019110$125,000
2018110$125,000
2017000—
2016220$35,000
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010110$200,000
2009110$200,000
2008000—
2007000—
2006110$160,000
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002110$120,000
2001000—
2000110$110,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

73% of Walden households own their home

Half of Walden’s homes were built before 1973.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Colorado: 66% own.

1973
typical home built · CO 1988
$321
median property tax bill · CO $2,602
0.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · CO 0.48%
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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