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Lafayette vs Ward

Lafayette and Ward are both in Boulder County. There are 94 homes for sale in Lafayette and 13 in Ward as this page loaded. Ward is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $735,000 against $687,450 in Lafayette, about 7% higher. Homes are moving faster in Lafayette — a median of 44 days on market against 58 in Ward. Lafayette is a seller's market right now and Ward is a buyer's market.

Side by side

MeasureLafayetteWard
Homes for sale9413
New in last 30 days342
Median asking price$687,450$735,000
Median price per sq ft$382$396
Median size (sq ft)1,8102,074
Median bedrooms33
Median days on market4458
Months of supply2.414.2
Sold, last 12 months47311
Median sold price$704,500$832,500
Median days to sell5850
Sold vs asking price99.0%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

Lafayette 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.
Ward 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.

Lafayette

94
Homes for sale
$687,450
Median asking price
$382
Median per sq ft
44
Median days on market

Ward

13
Homes for sale
$735,000
Median asking price
$396
Median per sq ft
58
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Lafayette or Ward more expensive?

Ward is more expensive. The median asking price is $735,000 in Ward against $687,450 in Lafayette. By price per square foot, Lafayette runs $382 and Ward $396.

Which moves faster, Lafayette or Ward?

Homes for sale in Lafayette have been on the market a median of 44 days, against 58 days in Ward. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Lafayette took a median of 58 days and Ward 50.

Is Lafayette or Ward the better market for a buyer?

Lafayette is a seller's market and Ward is a buyer's market, measured on months of supply — 2.4 months in Lafayette and 14.2 in Ward. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Ward 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 Lafayette and Ward?

There are 94 homes for sale in Lafayette and 13 in Ward as this page loaded, 34 and 2 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 November 6, 2026 at 7:06 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