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Boulder vs Niwot

Boulder and Niwot are both in Boulder County. There are 675 homes for sale in Boulder and 43 in Niwot as this page loaded. Niwot is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $1,800,000 against $998,000 in Boulder, about 80% higher. Homes are moving faster in Boulder — a median of 65 days on market against 71 in Niwot. Boulder is a balanced market right now and Niwot is a buyer's market.

Side by side

MeasureBoulderNiwot
Homes for sale67543
New in last 30 days18912
Median asking price$998,000$1,800,000
Median price per sq ft$538$406
Median size (sq ft)1,9474,760
Median bedrooms35
Median days on market6571
Months of supply5.47.2
Sold, last 12 months1,49372
Median sold price$956,800$1,425,000
Median days to sell6471
Sold vs asking price98.0%98.0%

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the larger number — which of those is the good news depends entirely on whether you are buying or selling.

What each market is doing

Boulder is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.
Niwot is a buyer's marketOver six months of supply means there are more homes for sale than the current pace of sales absorbs. Buyers have choice and time, and sellers usually have to compete on price or condition.

Boulder

675
Homes for sale
$998,000
Median asking price
$538
Median per sq ft
65
Median days on market

Niwot

43
Homes for sale
$1,800,000
Median asking price
$406
Median per sq ft
71
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Boulder or Niwot more expensive?

Niwot is more expensive. The median asking price is $1,800,000 in Niwot against $998,000 in Boulder. By price per square foot, Boulder runs $538 and Niwot $406.

Which moves faster, Boulder or Niwot?

Homes for sale in Boulder have been on the market a median of 65 days, against 71 days in Niwot. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Boulder took a median of 64 days and Niwot 71.

Is Boulder or Niwot the better market for a buyer?

Boulder is a balanced market and Niwot is a buyer's market, measured on months of supply — 5.4 months in Boulder and 7.2 in Niwot. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Niwot is the easier of the two to buy in today. That is the arithmetic, not advice — the right town is the one you want to live in.

How many homes are for sale in Boulder and Niwot?

There are 675 homes for sale in Boulder and 43 in Niwot as this page loaded, 189 and 12 of them new in the last 30 days.

How current are these figures?

They are not published on a schedule and they are not a monthly snapshot. Both towns are read from the live MLS feed at the same instant, when you open this page, so the two sides are always measured against each other rather than against different weeks.

Both sides of this comparison are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment the page loads - neither is a monthly snapshot, and the two are read at the same instant so they are always comparable. Figures cover residential homes for sale; rentals, land and commercial are excluded, as are fractional co-ownership shares, which are priced per share and would distort the medians. Sold figures cover the last twelve complete calendar months. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed - talk to us before making a decision on it.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on September 22, 2026 at 6:08 PM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

Common questions, answered with live Colorado numbers