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Jefferson County's sending new property values around May 1, 2027, and they'll be based on what homes sold for between July 2024 and June 2026, so most of that evidence is already in. We've looked at 14,856 of those sales, and the typical home sold for 4.4 percent above the value it carries now. 36 percent sold for less.
Honestly, it's kind of a different story from Denver next door, where homes have been selling a bit below their values. In Jefferson County houses are still selling for more, with the typical one going for 5.3 percent above its value. Townhomes are flat, at 0.3 percent above their value, with about half selling for less. And 2026 sales alone ran 3.0 percent above the current values, so the market's cooled a little this year.
So for most Jefferson County houses, the 2027 value will probably go up a bit, and a protest won't have much to stand on. But about 36 homes in every 100 sold for less than their current value, and when values move, the county's model can easily leave some homes too high. That's where a protest can really work.
That's what our free check's for. Once the notices are out in May 2027, it'll compare your new value with what genuinely similar homes near you actually sold for, matching the county's own quality grade, and tell you straight whether you'd have a case. Most people who use it get told not to bother, and we'd rather you heard that first.
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So here's how it works. Your notice of value should arrive around May 1, 2027, and you'll protest to the Jefferson County Assessor by June 8. It's free, and it's pretty quick to do. The assessor's got to answer by the last working day of June, and if you still don't agree, you can appeal to the County Board of Equalization by July 15, which doesn't cost anything either.
Now the question in a Colorado protest is what your home was worth on June 30, 2026. So the evidence that really counts is sales of genuinely similar homes nearby from the two years before that date, and what homes sell for later doesn't help much. You don't need a lawyer for any of it, honestly.
Here's how sales compare with current values in each town. It runs from about 28 percent of homes selling below their value in Broomfield to 59 percent in Pine, so the mountain towns and the suburbs really aren't moving together.
| Town | Sales | Typical sale vs. current value | Sold below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvada | 3,529 | +4.8% | 34% |
| Lakewood | 3,479 | +3.3% | 39% |
| Littleton | 2,678 | +3.6% | 37% |
| Golden | 1,418 | +8.7% | 32% |
| Westminster | 888 | +3.5% | 35% |
| Evergreen | 777 | +6.4% | 35% |
| Wheat Ridge | 743 | +4.1% | 40% |
| Morrison | 496 | +6.6% | 29% |
| Conifer | 386 | +0.6% | 46% |
| Edgewater | 124 | +6.9% | 31% |
| Pine | 113 | -2.6% | 59% |
| Broomfield | 104 | +5.3% | 28% |
Basically, Colorado taxes a home in two parts. From 2026, the city and other local districts tax 6.8 percent of your value after they've taken 10 percent off it, up to $70,000, and the schools tax 7.05 percent of the full value. At one Arvada home's 2025 rates, a $625,000 home would pay about $3,985 a year, and a $50,000 cut would save it roughly $319. Rates vary by district and the 2027 ones aren't set yet, so those are estimates. Our free check uses your own home's rate from the county's records.
Also, if you're 65 or older and have owned and lived in your home for at least 10 years, Colorado's senior homestead exemption takes 50 percent off the first $200,000 of its value. You'll apply with the Jefferson County Assessor by July 15. The state only funds it when its budget allows, so it's really worth checking whether it's being paid this year.
Just so you know, the sales comparison's our own, read from Jefferson County's public parcel records on 2026-10-08. We've counted every sale since July 1, 2024 that the county codes as a qualified sale, for houses and townhomes built before 2024, for $50,000 or more, and compared each price with the home's current value, which is basically the market as of June 30, 2024. Sales the county codes another way, like family transfers and foreclosures, aren't counted, because they don't really tell you what a home's worth. We've also left out the odd sale that's under half or over two and a half times the value. The town's the city in the home's address, so it probably includes some unincorporated homes too, and we only show a town that's got at least 100 sales.
And the protest steps are Colorado law, so they're the same in every county. The tax arithmetic's from House Bill 24B-1001, and the example rates are one Arvada home's own 2025 levy from the county's records.
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