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Elbert vs Palmer Lake

Elbert and Palmer Lake are both in El Paso County. There are 13 homes for sale in Elbert and 9 in Palmer Lake as this page loaded. Elbert is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $899,900 against $599,000 in Palmer Lake, about 50% higher. Homes are moving faster in Palmer Lake — a median of 65 days on market against 103 in Elbert. On months of supply both are a balanced market right now.

Side by side

MeasureElbertPalmer Lake
Homes for sale139
New in last 30 days21
Median asking price$899,900$599,000
Median price per sq ft$384$316
Median size (sq ft)2,4432,462
Median bedrooms43
Median days on market10365
Months of supply3.43.3
Sold, last 12 months4633
Median sold price$700,000$608,000
Median days to sell10880
Sold vs asking price98.0%99.0%

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

Elbert 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.
Palmer Lake 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.

Elbert

13
Homes for sale
$899,900
Median asking price
$384
Median per sq ft
103
Median days on market

Palmer Lake

9
Homes for sale
$599,000
Median asking price
$316
Median per sq ft
65
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Elbert or Palmer Lake more expensive?

Elbert is more expensive. The median asking price is $899,900 in Elbert against $599,000 in Palmer Lake. By price per square foot, Elbert runs $384 and Palmer Lake $316.

Which moves faster, Elbert or Palmer Lake?

Homes for sale in Palmer Lake have been on the market a median of 65 days, against 103 days in Elbert. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Elbert took a median of 108 days and Palmer Lake 80.

Is Elbert or Palmer Lake the better market for a buyer?

Elbert is a balanced market and Palmer Lake is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 3.4 months in Elbert and 3.3 in Palmer Lake. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Elbert 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 Elbert and Palmer Lake?

There are 13 homes for sale in Elbert and 9 in Palmer Lake as this page loaded, 2 and 1 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 21, 2026 at 8:46 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