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ZIP 80532 · Drake, CO · 162 residents · September 2026

Drake 80532: the market leans toward buyers.

Conditions easing in buyers' favor. Typical home value $562K, −4.0% over 12 months; listings take 105 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning buyer−39
Typical value$562K−4.0% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market105 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut55%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$1,730/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings9−36% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list98.8%0% sold above list · Redfin, May 2022
HavenScore37of 100

Higher than 5% of scored ZIPs

Affordability30
Growth32
Risk57
Momentum39
Livability24

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026−39
  2. Apr 2026−31
  3. May 2026−31
  4. Jun 2026−32
  5. Jul 2026−33
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026−39

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 105 days on marketslower than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 55% of listings cut pricemore than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list 98.8%homes close below asking · Redfin, May 2022
  • 9 active listings−36% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin, May 2022.

Softening: prices −4.0% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward buyers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$561,580Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price$740,000Redfin · May 2022
Sale-to-list98.8%Redfin · May 2022
Sold above list0.0%Redfin · May 2022

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2000, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year−4.0%
3 years−0.4%
5 years+5.1%
10 years+79.0%
From peak−6.0%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 80532 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $600,450 in February 2025; the latest value is −6.5% from that peak, 18 months on. Since January 2019 it is +48.0%. The sharpest 12-month move was −5.9%, ending July 2023.

Zillow's typical home value here, $562K in August 2026, is 95% above the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved −4.0% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$398K
Middle tier$562K
Top tier$765K
Single-family$562K
2 bedrooms$508K
3 bedrooms$686K

Starter homes here rose 5% in five years while top-tier homes rose 5% (Zillow ZHVI tiers) — the two ends of the market moved together.

3-bedroom homes here run 35% above 2-bedrooms (Zillow ZHVI by bedroom); the CO median premium is 36%.

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankColorado rank
1 year−4.0%−4.0%/yrHigher than 4% nationallyHigher than 3% in Colorado
3 years−0.4%−0.1%/yrHigher than 20% nationallyHigher than 67% in Colorado
5 years+5.1%+1.0%/yrHigher than 11% nationallyHigher than 38% in Colorado
10 years+79.0%+6.0%/yrHigher than 48% nationallyHigher than 64% in Colorado
Since 2000+175.8%+3.9%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$540K$560K$580K$600K$620K$553K202420252026$540K$560K$580K$600K$620K$553K202420252026
3 months$553K−1.6% · $547K–$562KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Zillow's own published forecast has this ZIP's typical value rise 0.6% over the twelve months from August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Forecast).

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$4,03696% of the median household income here ($50,542)
Principal and interest$3,315
Property tax$257
Insurance$147
Mortgage insurance$316

Above the 36% line lenders use for total debt, for a median earner here. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $1,766 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$1,730
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$4,036

Buying costs $2,306 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Like for like: the HUD fair market rent for a 3-bedroom here is $2,380 a month (FY 2026), against a typical 3-bedroom value of $686K (Zillow, August 2026) — a 4.2% gross rent yield.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

Cost of owning over time Haven
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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$50,542Census ACS
Price to income11.1×long-run average 6.8×
Property tax0.55%statutory, state
Insurance$1,766/yrtypical premium
Commute—median, one way
Walkability—EPA index
Hazard ratingVery HighFEMA NRI · wildfire 100 · flood 97
Population change−5.5% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1956Census ACS
Owner-occupied100%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 11.1× the median household income here, against 5.6× in the median CO ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $50,542 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskVery Highscore 99 of 100 · county median 77
Flood97 of 100county median 56
Wildfire100 of 100county median 94
Hurricane—no FEMA score for this ZIP

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 17 scored ZIPs in Larimer County.

Everyday prices

Everyday prices in the Fort Collins metro run 1% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024).

Rents in the index run 21% above the U.S. average.

$75,000 at U.S.-average prices buys what $75,850 buys here.

Metro-level index, U.S. = 100 · 2024 · the Fort Collins metro, not this ZIP alone.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income0%U.S. median ZIP 5%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

30

Growth

32

Risk

57

Momentum

39
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Livability

24
Walkability—EPA Smart Location Database
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density1 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

3 scored Colorado ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above listMay 2022
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability—
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
BEAEveryday prices (Regional Price Parities)2024
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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