ZIP 80020
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 80020 usually run 1.2% below trend in January and 1.7% above it in July, about $64 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 80020 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in March 2016.
Rent in ZIP 80020 changed +2.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 155 Colorado ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.3%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 80020 rose 29% while median household income rose 24.1% ($94,439 to $117,243). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 80020 is 29.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($117,243) is $2,931 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,360); a 3-bedroom is $3,090.
ZIP 80021, 3 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,919/mo), about $3,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 80020. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 80020 (Broomfield, CO) is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 54.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 80020 in Broomfield, CO has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 80020 in Broomfield, CO has shifted from $1,767 to $2,196, up 24.3% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $103,204 to $117,243 between 2021 and 2024, a 13.6% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 80020 in Broomfield, CO adding about 991 residents over the five-year window, up 1.9% on net. The renter share has risen from 30.8% to 33.3%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 51.6% to 54.4% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 80020 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
ZIP code 80020 covers Broomfield, CO. The median rent here is $2,196/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,980/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,360/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($117,243/yr), ZIP 80020 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.7% over the past year.
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At $2,196/mo, rent takes ~22% of ZIP 80020's median household income ($117,243/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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