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Centennial vs Watkins

Centennial and Watkins are both in Arapahoe County. There are 258 homes for sale in Centennial and 63 in Watkins as this page loaded. Centennial is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $630,000 against $449,000 in Watkins, about 40% higher. Homes are moving faster in Centennial — a median of 50 days on market against 110 in Watkins. Centennial is a seller's market right now and Watkins is a buyer's market.

Side by side

MeasureCentennialWatkins
Homes for sale25863
New in last 30 days9518
Median asking price$630,000$449,000
Median price per sq ft$282$256
Median size (sq ft)2,2081,885
Median bedrooms43
Median days on market50110
Months of supply2.26.1
Sold, last 12 months1,417123
Median sold price$650,000$490,000
Median days to sell53101
Sold vs asking price99.0%100.0%

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

Centennial is a seller's marketUnder three months of supply means the homes for sale would run out in under three months at the current pace of sales. Sellers tend to hold their price and good homes go quickly.
Watkins 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.

Centennial

258
Homes for sale
$630,000
Median asking price
$282
Median per sq ft
50
Median days on market

Watkins

63
Homes for sale
$449,000
Median asking price
$256
Median per sq ft
110
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Centennial or Watkins more expensive?

Centennial is more expensive. The median asking price is $630,000 in Centennial against $449,000 in Watkins. By price per square foot, Centennial runs $282 and Watkins $256.

Which moves faster, Centennial or Watkins?

Homes for sale in Centennial have been on the market a median of 50 days, against 110 days in Watkins. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Centennial took a median of 53 days and Watkins 101.

Is Centennial or Watkins the better market for a buyer?

Centennial is a seller's market and Watkins is a buyer's market, measured on months of supply — 2.2 months in Centennial and 6.1 in Watkins. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Watkins 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 Centennial and Watkins?

There are 258 homes for sale in Centennial and 63 in Watkins as this page loaded, 95 and 18 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