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The median home value in La Junta, CO is $158,520 as of 2026-07-31, down 7.79% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$158,520
Year-over-Year
-7.79%
Population
6,942
La Junta ranks #68 of 68 Colorado cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 70.4% below the state's city median of $536,161. It sits in Otero County, where the county-wide median is $158,179.
Median household income in La Junta is $52,315, so the typical home value is about 3.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
La Junta police recorded a violent crime rate of 504 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 7,001 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In La Junta, that value is $158,520. That's down 7.79% from a year earlier. It is about 70.4% below the typical Colorado city tracked here.
Homes in La Junta are more expensive than Otero County as a whole, where the median is $158,179 — a difference of about 0.2%.
Median household income here is $52,315, so the typical home value is about 3.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
La Junta police reported 504 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,942. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.