Marston

Pricing trends

Marston prices alongside the Jefferson County suburbs around it and below the Denver median for detached homes, with lake-view and Pinehurst homes at the top and the townhome communities along Hampden among the more attainable homes in southwest Denver. The Denver table below carries the citywide numbers.

Citywide figures for Denver. Source: Local Market Update, August 2026, REcolorado data compiled by the Colorado Association of REALTORS®. Neighborhood-level figures vary; ask me for comparables on any specific home. See all area tables.

About Marston

Marston is the southwestern-most neighborhood in Denver, the land around Marston Lake between Bear Creek and the Jefferson County line. It was built mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, later than the rest of southwest Denver, with two-story homes, split-levels and townhome communities on curving streets, and it has the shortest drive to the foothills of any Denver neighborhood. Many of its residents think of themselves as living in Littleton or Lakewood.

Location

Marston runs from Bear Creek and Hampden Avenue south to the county line near Bowles Avenue, between Sheridan Boulevard and Federal Boulevard, with Bear Valley and Harvey Park South to the north, Fort Logan to the east, Lakewood and Bow Mar across Sheridan and Littleton to the south. Wadsworth, Sheridan and Highway 285 are the routes; downtown is about twenty-five minutes.

History and background

Marston Lake was built in 1902 as a reservoir for the Denver Union Water Company, named for its engineer, and for decades it sat alone among the farms and ranches of southern Jefferson County, well outside the city. Pinehurst Country Club opened beside it in 1960 on former ranch land.

Denver annexed the area in pieces through the 1960s and 1970s, among the last residential annexations before the Poundstone Amendment of 1974 ended the city's growth by annexation. Builders filled the land around the lake in the 1970s and 1980s with the subdivisions and townhome communities that make up the neighborhood today.

Because it was built as a suburb and borders Lakewood, Littleton and Bow Mar on three sides, Marston has always felt more like the county than the city. The Bear Creek Trail, Chatfield State Park and the foothills a few minutes west have been its draw since the first homes were sold.

Housing and architecture

The housing is 1970s and 1980s two-stories, split-levels and ranches on quarter-acre lots in neighborhoods like Marston Slopes and Pinehurst, with a large share of townhome and condominium communities along Hampden and Wadsworth and some 1990s construction near the lake. Attached garages, finished basements and HOA-maintained townhomes are typical; this is the most suburban-feeling part of the city.

Parks and recreation

Marston Lake, a Denver Water reservoir, has a trail along its edge, and Bear Creek Park and the Bear Creek Trail run the northern boundary toward Bear Creek Lake Park and Morrison. Pinehurst Country Club is private; Fort Logan's grounds, Grant Frontier Park on the river and Chatfield State Park are all close.

Dining, shopping and daily life

Wadsworth, Sheridan and Hampden carry the grocery stores and chain retail, with the Bear Valley center and Southwest Plaza in Littleton the nearest large shopping. Lakewood's Belmar and Littleton's Main Street are each about fifteen minutes, and Jefferson County and Denver schools both serve parts of the neighborhood.