The map opens showing zip boundaries — the real ZCTA outlines, each zip shown in its own color, with a zip numbers toggle to label each one. Turn on school district boundaries to see the actual published district polygons (Colorado DOLA / Census). Turn on value bubbles to add a per-zip bubble sized by its average home value; bubbles ringed dark are split zips where no single district covers 85%+. Click any zip for its exact district split — computed by intersecting the real zip polygon against district polygons. Toggle metro districts (amber) to see Title 32 special taxing districts — areas that carry an extra property-tax mill levy; presence only, verify the levy at the address.
Exact ZHVI figures. Bar length relative to the top zip. District is the dominant one by area; for split zips the % shown is how much of the zip it covers.
Percent change in ZHVI over the selected window, computed from the monthly series. Positive = value rose. The ranking shifts with the timeframe — short windows show the recent cooling, longer windows show the run-up.
Real month-by-month ZHVI, Jan 2000 – present. Toggle zips; lines colored by district.
The set grouped into affordability bands — the frame for renter-to-owner and move-up conversations.
Compare any two areas side by side. Pick two zip areas, two Colorado Springs neighborhoods, or one of each. Every row the data supports is filled in; where data isn't published at a given level, that's stated plainly.