Home Affordability by State

What can you afford in Colorado?

A baseline estimate for a household earning $90,000 a year gross, with typical debts and expenses, a $30,000 down payment, and a 740-759 credit score — using Colorado's own property tax and insurance data rather than a national average. Every assumption is editable in the full calculator below.

Colorado's effective property tax rate is around 0.50% of home value per year — the 6th lowest in the country. Average homeowner's insurance runs near $3,276/year on a $300,000 home — the 12th highest and a state where premiums have been rising quickly due to weather- and insurer-availability pressure.

Comfortable

$251,891

Stretch

$313,900

Risky ceiling

$351,565

A lender would likely approve up to $351,565 on this baseline in Colorado — but this household's own budget, once real expenses are counted, can only sustain $313,900. That $37,665 gap is exactly the kind of overreach this calculator exists to flag before it becomes a monthly deficit.

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