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Boulder, CO

106,802 Population
26.9 square miles 3,971.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±1.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$63,663 ±$5,743 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $63,702 ±$2,875
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
$85,761 ±$9,121 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $102,697 ±$5,115
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081

20.3% ±2.9% (19,285  ±2,715) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 10.7% † 33,899 (±1.6% / ±5,043)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)

18.1 minutes ±0.4 (668,900  ±33,547) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 22.3 2,683,095 (±0.4 / ±80,028)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)

Families

45,900 ±1,978 Number of households
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 140,238 ±1,652
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
2.1 ±0.1 (94,362  ±267) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2.3 316,106 (±0 / ±289)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363

1.2% ±0.9% (385  ±281) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2% † 1,638 (±0.7% / ±579)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)

Housing

49,329 ±2,008 Number of housing units
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 148,570 ±131
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196

$1,115,300 ±$59,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $783,000 ±$31,383
  • nearly double the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773

30.7% ±4.4% (32,541  ±4,670.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 18.3% † 60,110 (±2% / ±6,636.6)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)

Social

98.4% ±4.6% (59,091  ±3,715.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 96.3% 215,388 (±3.3% / ±7,358.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
76.2% ±4% (45,792  ±3,072.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 66.5% 148,826 (±2.6% / ±5,928.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.2% ±1.9% (11,912  ±2,043) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 10.2% 33,739
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683

2.7% ±0.9% (2,482  ±819) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 4% † 11,025 (±0.5% / ±1,461)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
2,482 Total veterans ±819 2,325 Male ±776 157 Female ±191

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