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Golden, CO

20,417 Population
9.6 square miles 2,117.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,368 ±$4,443 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $57,998 ±$401
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$98,582 ±$10,849 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $105,762 ±$739
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±2.4% (2,284  ±434) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.4% 248,130 (±0.3% / ±7,315)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.4 minutes ±0.7 (173,870  ±15,846) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27 33,969,636 (±0.2 / ±280,471)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,780 ±327 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,221,636 ±2,533
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (18,099  ±129) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.4 2,968,465 (±0 / ±371)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±1.5% (106  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 4.8% 36,325 (±0.2% / ±1,658)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,175 ±364 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,290,063 ±573
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$837,700 ±$45,272 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $603,800 ±$2,575
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

28% ±4.8% (5,704  ±980.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 15.9% 473,390 (±0.3% / ±9,146.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±5.3% (12,382  ±810) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.3% 1,965,919 (±0.5% / ±10,765.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
59.1% ±4% (7,626  ±588) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 49.4% 1,051,860 (±0.3% / ±7,014.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.3% ±1.3% (1,286  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 12.5% 374,111
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±1.3% (792  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 6% 142,877 (±0.1% / ±2,891)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
792 Total veterans ±213 702 Male ±183 90 Female ±102

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