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Castle Rock

Castle Rock rents fell 2.5% over six months while home prices barely budged, creating a split market picture that sets the town apart from both Denver and nearby mountain communities.

Population
86,354
Castle Rock covered by 12 underlying areas.
Violent crime
0.5 / 1k
Violent crime moved down by 0.3 / 1k from 0.8 / 1k in 2021 to 0.5 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Property crime
9.5 / 1k
Property crime has declined 42% since 2021.
Market rent
$2,367
Market rent has increased 31% since 2019. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Castle Rock is signaling right now

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

Safety

50/100

Scores in the 50th 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

75/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 75th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

61/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 61st percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Castle Rock compared with Colorado

Castle Rock 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

0.5 / 1k

5.2 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

9.5 / 1k

31.3 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$2,367

$1,996 state

Permits 12M

0

6,350 state