Sell Your Commercial Property In Larimer County, CO

Who rents in Larimer County

Renters head 55,495 of the 154,232 occupied households in Larimer County, a 36.0% share in the 2020-2024 ACS. Owners hold the larger share, at 98,737 households. Fort Collins drives most of the renter demand, with 34,727 renter households and a 48.4% share of its own occupied homes.

Loveland and Windsor round out the county's renter pool at smaller scale. Loveland counts 13,007 renter households, a 37.8% share, close to the countywide figure. Windsor, the fastest-growing of the three, counts just 3,336 renter households and a 22.4% share, reflecting its newer, more owner-oriented housing stock.

Rents, growth and affordability

Larimer County's median gross rent climbed 32.3%, from $1,297 to $1,716, between the 2015-2019 and 2020-2024 surveys. Population grew far more slowly over the same span, up 6.5% to 367,368 residents, an increase of 22,582 people.

Renter households rose 15.8%, adding 7,592 households, while units in 5+ unit buildings grew 20.8%, an increase of 5,293 units. That supply growth has not loosened the market: Larimer County's rental vacancy rate stands at just 3.3%, and 55.4% of renters paid 30% or more of income on gross rent in the 2020-2024 ACS.

HUD's FY2027 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO MSA is $1,759, effective October 1, 2026. That benchmark runs $43 above the county's median gross rent, pointing to further room for rent growth across Fort Collins, Loveland and Windsor.

City-by-city comparison

Fort Collins carries the largest renter base and the deepest apartment stock, with 28.8% of its housing units in 5+ unit buildings. Loveland and Windsor trail on density but post higher median household incomes than the Fort Collins figure.

Vacancy varies sharply across the three cities. Loveland posts a tight 2.3% rate, Fort Collins runs 3.7%, and Windsor reaches 6.9%, the loosest of the group. Rent ranges from $1,690 in Fort Collins to $1,793 in Windsor, a gap of just over $100 across the county's three largest cities.

Property taxes and assessment in Larimer County

Colorado assesses residential and multifamily property, including apartment buildings, at the same statutory rate: 6.8% of actual value for local-government levies and 7.05% for school-district levies, effective for property tax years from January 1, 2026, per House Bill 24B-1001. On $1,000,000 of actual value, the local-government rate alone produces $68,000 of assessed value before any mill levy applies.

Larimer County reassesses real property every odd-numbered year, using the market approach with comparable sales drawn from the state's set valuation window, per the Colorado Division of Property Taxation. Colorado charges no transfer tax; only a documentary fee under C.R.S. 39-13-102 applies, at 1 cent per $100 of consideration above $500. Pull the Larimer County Assessor's current notice of value before you price a sale, since assessed value resets each reassessment cycle rather than at sale.

What this means if you sell in Larimer County

When you sell commercial property in Larimer County, CO, you are selling into a market with limited renter housing. Just 3.3% rental vacancy and an 18.7% share of units in 5+ buildings mean buyers underwrite rent growth more than concession risk. Fort Collins, with its 48.4% renter share, draws different buyer interest than owner-heavy Windsor.

Taxes come next. Colorado's statutory assessment rate resets at each odd-year reassessment, not at sale, so buyers price in the next cycle's number rather than your current bill. Rent control is preempted statewide under C.R.S. 38-12-301, so Larimer County owners set rents by lease terms and local demand, not municipal ordinance.

As a multifamily buyer in Larimer County, we review 5+ unit buildings from Fort Collins to Windsor as they stand today. Send a current rent roll, a T-12 and your latest assessment notice, and we will price the building on those numbers.