Arapahoe County, CO: Foreclosures, Tax Liens & Distressed Properties

Arapahoe County, Colorado is scored end-to-end by DLRadar for property distress, drawn only from deterministic public records. 33 ZIP codes are tracked county-wide, averaging 23/100 distress. The county's lending-headwind score sits at 54/100 (moderate). Across its ZIPs, composite distress spans 19 to 28 out of 100.

The county market is in a contraction phase: home prices fell 1.0% over the past year and 1.2% down from peak, a 17/100-confidence read. With prices easing, carrying costs bite harder so patient buyers find their entries.

With Arapahoe County at -1.0% YoY (17/100 confidence), entry price is everything while exits stay cautious. Mid-range bank stress at 54/100 points to a blend the ZIP scores sort out.

Distress concentrates in ZIP 80128 (28/100), ZIP 80012 (25/100), ZIP 80013 (25/100), ZIP 80015 (25/100), ZIP 80016 (25/100), ZIP 80017 (25/100) — drill into any for the parcel-level read. The breakdown continues through 80018, 80110, 80111, 80113, 80120, 80121, 80122, 80014, 80112, 80129 and more.

By the numbers, the ZIPs DLRadar tracks across Arapahoe County show a median age of 38, a median household income near $98,674 (above the US norm), an owner-occupied share of 65%, 8.5% of households below the poverty line, median home values around $584,639 (above the national figure), vacancy near 4.9%. Read together, they shape how much distress reaches the market and how fast it moves.

Net of it all, 23/100 over 33 ZIPs means Arapahoe County rewards parcel-by-parcel work — work it parcel by parcel. A DLRadar subscription opens every Arapahoe County parcel: owner, APN and address, a distress reading, the lender on title and exit timing.

Because Arapahoe County, Colorado is scored on the identical public-record model used nationwide, even a quiet county is measured on one scale — letting you weigh Arapahoe County against neighboring markets or the rest of Colorado on equal footing.

Read Arapahoe County, Colorado as a heat map for effort — the county's low composite of 23/100 hides wide ZIP-level variation, and the return comes from chasing the hot ZIPs, not the average. The Arapahoe County scoring is reproducible from public sources alone, and DLRadar declines to estimate where the underlying record is incomplete.

The ZIP breakdown for Arapahoe County leads with 80128 (28/100), 80012 (25/100), 80013 (25/100), 80015 (25/100), 80016 (25/100), 80017 (25/100). DLRadar also scores 80018, 80110, 80111, 80113, 80120, 80121, 80122, 80014 and more across the county. Because each ZIP is graded on its own foreclosure, tax and lender record, the county's distress is best read code by code rather than as a single number.

The Arapahoe County score is not a single measure but a composite: foreclosure activity, mortgage and tax-lien stress, and local lender headwind each feed it, which is why understanding the components matters as much as the headline number.