Rents are 10% below what Broomfield's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,115 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Broomfield usually run 1.4% below trend in January and 1.6% above it in July, about $63 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Broomfield is 1.8% below its high of $2,154 in July 2024, at $2,115 as of September 2026.
Rent in Broomfield changed +1.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 60 Colorado cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Broomfield rose 25.5% while median household income rose 28.5% ($96,416 to $123,874). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Broomfield is 23% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($123,874) is $3,097 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,405); a 3-bedroom is $3,140.
Northglenn, 4 miles away, rents for 28% less ($1,515/mo), about $7,200 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Broomfield. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Broomfield, CO is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 60.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Broomfield, CO has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Broomfield, CO has shifted from $1,803 to $2,115, up 17.3% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $107,570 to $123,874 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.2% shift. Census counts show Broomfield, CO adding about 3,607 residents over the five-year window, up 5.0% on net. The renter share has risen from 34.7% to 37.3%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 57.8% to 60.3% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Broomfield, CO reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Broomfield is $2,115/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,840/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,405/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,010/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,140/mo.
At 20% of local median household income ($123,874/yr), Broomfield ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.1% over the past year.
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