How much does home insurance cost in Colorado? (2024)

Home insurance in Colorado costs 32% more than the national average, likely due to rising home repair costs and severe weather, like hail and wildfires.

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Andrew HurstSenior Editor & Licensed Auto Insurance ExpertAndrew Hurst is a senior editor and a licensed auto insurance expert at Policygenius. His work has also been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, NPR, Mic, Insurance Business Magazine, ValuePenguin, and Property Casualty 360.

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Jennifer GimbelJennifer GimbelSenior Managing Editor & Home Insurance ExpertJennifer Gimbel is a senior managing editor at Policygenius, where she oversees all of our insurance coverage. Previously, she was the managing editor at Finder.com and a content strategist at Babble.com.

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Key takeaways

  • Average home insurance cost in Colorado: $2,322 per year, $194 per month

  • Cheapest cities: Grand Junction, Loveland, Fort Collins

  • Most expensive cities: Pueblo, Centennial, Denver

  • What impacts rates in Colorado: Wildfires, hail, increasing costs of repairing damaged property

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How much is homeowners insurance in Colorado?

According to our latest insurance pricing analysis, the average cost of homeowners insurance in Colorado is $194 per month or $2,322 per year for $300,000 in dwelling coverage — the type of coverage that protects your physical house. The cost of home insurance in Colorado is about 32% higher than the national average of $1,754 per year.

Methodology & why you can trust our rates

Policygenius has analyzed home insurance rates provided by Quadrant Information Services in March 2022 for ZIP codes in all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., for a 40-year-old female homeowner with no claim history, good credit, a $1,000 deductible, and the following coverage limits:

  • Dwelling: $300,000

  • Other structures: $30,000

  • Personal property: $150,000

  • Loss of use: $60,000

  • Liability: $300,000

  • Medical: $1,000

All rates based on the above coverage limits except where otherwise noted.

Some carriers may be represented by affiliates or subsidiaries. Rates provided are a sample of costs. Your actual quotes may differ.

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Colorado home insurance rates by city

Grand Junction, Loveland, and Fort Collins have the cheapest home insurance in Colorado (counting only Colorado’s 20 largest cities). In Grand Junction, where rates are cheapest, home insurance costs 46% less than the statewide average.

City

Average monthly cost

Average annual cost

Difference from state average (%)

Denver

$252

$3,021

30%

Colorado Springs

$249

$2,984

29%

Aurora

$247

$2,963

28%

Fort Collins

$186

$2,232

-4%

Lakewood

$239

$2,864

23%

Thornton

$234

$2,810

21%

Arvada

$238

$2,854

23%

Westminster

$230

$2,764

19%

Pueblo

$257

$3,079

33%

Greeley

$225

$2,702

16%

Centennial

$252

$3,024

30%

Boulder

$200

$2,396

3%

Longmont

$200

$2,402

3%

Castle Rock

$233

$2,799

21%

Loveland

$185

$2,225

-4%

Broomfield

$207

$2,489

7%

Grand Junction

$104

$1,245

-46%

Commerce City

$240

$2,878

24%

Parker

$238

$2,861

23%

Littleton

$239

$2,868

24%

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Colorado home insurance rates by coverage amount

One of the most important (and expensive) parts of your home insurance policy is your dwelling coverage, which is the part that protects the physical structure of your home from covered hazards like fires, windstorms, and hail.

You should have enough dwelling coverage to cover your home’s replacement cost (the amount of money that it would take to rebuild your home) — not its market value. If you paid $600,000 for a home that would really only cost $400,000 to rebuild, you’d only need $400,000 in dwelling coverage.

Your home insurance premiums will get more expensive as you add more dwelling coverage to your policy. The most expensive price jump in Colorado happens when you go from $100,000 to $200,000 in dwelling cost coverage, a per-year price increase of $611.

Dwelling coverage limit

Average annual cost

$100,000

$1,104

$200,000

$1,715

$300,000

$2,322

$400,000

$2,820

$500,000

$3,342

Why are home insurance rates in Colorado going up? 

Record wildfire losses due to 2021’s Marshall Fire and overall inflation that has caused home repair costs to skyrocket have caused home insurance in Colorado to get both more expensive and scarce in certain parts of the state.

Colorado's insurance commissioner has suggested that the state adopt its own version of a FAIR Plan, which is a type of last-resort home insurance policy for those who can't find coverage. Others have suggested passing legislation that would legally require Colorado insurers to offer coverages that prevent underinsurance in the wake of a natural disaster, like guaranteed replacement cost or inflation guard coverage.

Learn more >>  Why are home insurance rates going up?

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Author

Andrew Hurst is a senior editor and a licensed auto insurance expert at Policygenius. His work has also been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, NPR, Mic, Insurance Business Magazine, ValuePenguin, and Property Casualty 360.

Editor

Jennifer Gimbel is a senior managing editor at Policygenius, where she oversees all of our insurance coverage. Previously, she was the managing editor at Finder.com and a content strategist at Babble.com.

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