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Arvada, CO

123,517 Population
39 square miles 3,169.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$60,209 ±$4,126 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $57,111 ±$882
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $51,768 ±$630
$114,384 ±$10,259 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $103,055 ±$1,506
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $92,911 ±$1,057

5.6% ±1.8% (6,849  ±2,210) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.6% 256,971 (±0.6% / ±16,510)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 9.3% 536,507 (±0.4% / ±22,964)

28.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,515,795  ±118,104) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27.3 35,819,064 (±0.3 / ±599,727)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 64,361,552 (±0.3 / ±879,288)

Families

49,987 ±1,575 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,244,895 ±5,417
  • Colorado: 2,428,261 ±9,051
2.5 ±0.1 (122,770  ±1,880) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.4 2,971,555 (±0 / ±941)
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,752,541

4.6% ±2.2% (1,445  ±703) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 4.6% 35,324 (±0.4% / ±3,081)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 68,829 (±0.4% / ±5,130)

Housing

52,958 ±2,073 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,312,282 ±1,451
  • Colorado: 2,638,093 ±2,183

$641,900 ±$13,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $611,300 ±$4,126
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $550,300 ±$4,023

9.9% ±2.2% (12,032  ±2,671.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 16.3% 483,838 (±0.7% / ±22,074.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 15.7% 915,016 (±0.5% / ±29,617.2)

Social

95.5% ±4.3% (86,779  ±4,381.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.8% 1,987,104 (±1.1% / ±22,817.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 93.3% 3,857,279 (±0.8% / ±32,004.4)
53.7% ±3.1% (48,778  ±3,037.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 49.9% 1,069,731 (±0.7% / ±15,463.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 46.4% 1,920,057 (±0.5% / ±21,581.8)

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

6.5% ±1.6% (8,014  ±1,941) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 12.4% 371,233
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 563,101

5.9% ±1.3% (5,959  ±1,258) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 5.8% 138,474 (±0.2% / ±5,517)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.2% 332,717 (±0.2% / ±10,113)
5,959 Total veterans ±1,258 5,020 Male ±1,013 939 Female ±490

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