ZIP 80209
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 80209 usually run 1.9% below trend in December and 1.9% above it in July, about $84 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 80209 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in ZIP 80209 changed +2.9% 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 80209 rose 22% while median household income rose 36.8% ($91,884 to $125,733). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 80209 is 20.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($125,733) is $3,143 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,940); a 4-bedroom is $3,280.
25th cheapest of 27 ZIP codes in Denver.
ZIP 80218, 2 miles away, rents for 32% less ($1,489/mo), about $8,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 80209. 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 80209 (Denver, CO) is roughly split between renters and owners, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 80.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 80209 in Denver, CO has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 80209 in Denver, CO has shifted from $1,830 to $2,200, up 20.2% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $97,256 to $125,733 between 2021 and 2024, a 29.3% shift. With wages climbing faster than rent over the same window, renters here have a bit more breathing room than they did five years back. Census counts show ZIP 80209 in Denver, CO adding about 3,491 residents over the five-year window, up 14.5% on net. The renter share has eased from 53% to 51.5%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 78.1% to 80.5% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 80209 in Denver, 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 80209 covers Denver, CO. The median rent here is $2,200/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,890/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,250/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($125,733/yr), ZIP 80209 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.9% over the past year.
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At $2,200/mo, rent takes ~21% of ZIP 80209's median household income ($125,733/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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