Home › States › Colorado › Lamar
The median home value in Lamar, CO is $181,941 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.72% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$181,941
Year-over-Year
-0.72%
Population
7,468
Lamar ranks #67 of 68 Colorado cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 66.1% below the state's city median of $536,161. It sits in Prowers County, where the county-wide median is $173,986.
Median household income in Lamar is $53,188, so the typical home value is about 3.4× 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).
Lamar police recorded a violent crime rate of 0 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 522 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 Lamar, that value is $181,941. That's down 0.72% from a year earlier. It is about 66.1% below the typical Colorado city tracked here.
Homes in Lamar are more expensive than Prowers County as a whole, where the median is $173,986 — a difference of about 4.6%.
Median household income here is $53,188, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Lamar police reported 0 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 7,468. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.