If you're job hunting in Denver or Colorado Springs, this month stings a bit. Denver's unemployment rate went from 3.9% to 4.1%, and Colorado Springs went from 4.1% to 4.3%. That's the biggest move on the whole tape. The state as a whole held flat at 3.9%, so this looks like a city-level problem, not a Colorado-wide one.
The good news, such as it is, comes at the pump and in the listings. Gas dropped a cent, from $4.31 to $4.26 a gallon, statewide, per AAA. It's not much, but it's not nothing either, and it hit Denver, Colorado Springs, and the state average the same way.
Listing prices softened too. Colorado Springs' median listing price fell from $494,475 to $489,000, and the state median dropped from $575,000 to $568,900, both per realtor.com. Denver's listing price also eased, down to $574,900 from $579,798. If you're buying, that's a small crack in your favor.
Rent and home values barely budged. Denver's median rent slipped a hair to $1,922, per Zillow, while Colorado Springs' rent actually ticked up to $1,787. Home values in both cities crept up less than half a percent. None of that changes your monthly math much. The unemployment numbers are the thing to watch here, not the rent.
- Denver's unemployment rate rose from 3.9% to 4.1% in July 2026, per BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
- Colorado Springs' unemployment rate rose from 4.1% to 4.3% in July 2026, per BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
- Colorado Springs' median listing price fell 1.1% to $489,000 in August 2026, per FRED/realtor.com.
- Colorado's median listing price fell 1.1% to $568,900 in August 2026, per FRED/realtor.com.
- Colorado's regular gas price fell 1.0% to $4.26 a gallon as of September 17, 2026, per AAA.
- Denver's median listing price fell 0.8% to $574,900 in August 2026, per FRED/realtor.com.
- Denver's median rent dipped slightly to $1,922 in August 2026, per Zillow's rent index.
- Colorado Springs' median rent rose to $1,787 in August 2026, per Zillow's rent index.