Revolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingRevolutionizing · Modernizing · SimplifyingGolden and Lafayette are both Colorado towns. There are 246 homes for sale in Golden and 98 in Lafayette as this page loaded. Golden is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $832,450 against $662,450 in Lafayette, about 26% higher. Homes are moving faster in Lafayette — a median of 38 days on market against 69 in Golden. Golden is a balanced market right now and Lafayette is a seller's market.
| Measure | Golden | Lafayette |
|---|---|---|
| Homes for sale | 246 | 98 |
| New in last 30 days | 61 | 40 |
| Median asking price | $832,450 | $662,450 |
| Median price per sq ft | $372 | $374 |
| Median size (sq ft) | 2,242 | 1,786 |
| Median bedrooms | 3 | 3 |
| Median days on market | 69 | 38 |
| Months of supply | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Sold, last 12 months | 765 | 491 |
| Median sold price | $930,000 | $709,000 |
| Median days to sell | 53 | 60 |
| Sold vs asking price | 99.0% | 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.
Golden is more expensive. The median asking price is $832,450 in Golden against $662,450 in Lafayette. By price per square foot, Golden runs $372 and Lafayette $374.
Homes for sale in Lafayette have been on the market a median of 38 days, against 69 days in Golden. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Golden took a median of 53 days and Lafayette 60.
Golden is a balanced market and Lafayette is a seller's market, measured on months of supply — 3.9 months in Golden and 2.4 in Lafayette. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Golden 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.
There are 246 homes for sale in Golden and 98 in Lafayette as this page loaded, 61 and 40 of them new in the last 30 days.
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 7:38 PM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.