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Golden, CO

20,467 Population
9.6 square miles 2,124.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$57,987 ±$6,066 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $55,529 ±$397
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$95,913 ±$6,595 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $102,339 ±$695
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

13% ±2.7% (2,357  ±486) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.2% 240,699 (±0.2% / ±6,191)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

23.7 minutes ±1 (174,895  ±18,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27.3 35,125,344 (±0.1 / ±268,861)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

7,782 ±365 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,201,206 ±2,792
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.3 ±0.1 (18,131  ±143) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.5 2,942,936 (±0 / ±388)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

3.1% ±1.9% (138  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 4.7% 35,158 (±0.2% / ±1,362)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

8,108 ±378 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,268,353 ±380
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$790,500 ±$57,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $570,300 ±$2,129
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

30.2% ±4.9% (6,158  ±1,001.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 16.5% 485,456 (±0.3% / ±9,650.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

96.2% ±5.3% (12,546  ±862.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.3% 1,938,613 (±0.5% / ±10,112.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
59% ±4.4% (7,699  ±651.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 48.4% 1,016,094 (±0.3% / ±6,874.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

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

5.8% ±1.3% (1,196  ±263) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 12.1% 360,307
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

4.9% ±1.1% (837  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 6.4% 148,067 (±0.1% / ±2,123)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
837 Total veterans ±187 767 Male ±191 70 Female ±75

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