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Arvada

Arvada rents climbed 4.9% over six months while home prices barely budged, creating a rare split in local housing trends.

Population
114,718
Arvada covered by 29 underlying areas.
Violent crime
2.6 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 2% since 2021.
Property crime
26.5 / 1k
Property crime has declined 25% since 2021.
Market rent
$2,241
Market rent has increased 70% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Arvada is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

96/100

Scores in the 96th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

52/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 52nd percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

51/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 51st percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Arvada compared with Colorado

Arvada city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

2.6 / 1k

5.2 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

26.5 / 1k

31.3 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$2,241

$1,996 state

Permits 12M

0

6,350 state