ZIP 80247
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 80247 usually run 1% below trend in January and 1% above it in June, about $36 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 80247 is 3.7% below its high of $1,894 in May 2024, at $1,824 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 80247 changed +0.2% 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 80247 rose 24.2% while median household income rose 32.5% ($48,688 to $64,498). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 80247 is 19.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 4 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($64,498) is $1,612 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($1,610); a 1-bedroom is $1,720.
10th cheapest of 27 ZIP codes in Denver.
ZIP 80224, 2 miles away, rents for 10% less ($1,638/mo), about $2,200 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 80247. 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 80247 (Denver, CO) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 41.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 80247 in Denver, CO has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 80247 in Denver, CO has shifted from $1,572 to $1,824, up 16.0% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $53,001 to $64,498 between 2021 and 2024, a 21.7% 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 80247 in Denver, CO adding about 694 residents over the five-year window, up 2.4% on net. The renter share has eased from 61.6% to 59.4%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 80247 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 80247 covers Denver, CO. The median rent here is $1,824/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,720/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,050/mo.
At 34% of local median household income ($64,498/yr), ZIP 80247 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.2% over the past year.
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