The median home value in Thornton, CO is $503,275 as of 2026-06-30, down 2.97% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$503,275
Year-over-Year
-2.97%
Population
145,847
Thornton ranks #42 of 68 Colorado cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 6.8% below the state's city median of $540,044. It sits in Adams County, where the county-wide median is $486,462.
Thornton police recorded a violent crime rate of 274 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,836 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Thornton is $503,275. That's down 2.97% from a year earlier. That is about 6.8% below the typical county in Colorado.
Homes in Thornton are more expensive than Adams County as a whole, where the median is $486,462 — a difference of about 3.5%.
Thornton police reported 274 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 145,847. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.