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Boulder, CO

105,893 Population
26.9 square miles 3,937.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$54,998 ±$4,754 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $57,939 ±$2,349
  • a little higher than the amount in Colorado: $51,768 ±$630
$75,923 ±$8,144 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $95,363 ±$6,878
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $92,911 ±$1,057

22.3% ±3% (20,968  ±2,845) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 11.4% † 35,650 (±1.2% / ±3,873)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.3% 536,507 (±0.4% / ±22,964)

19.3 minutes ±0.2 (791,965  ±36,189) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 23.4 3,092,435 (±0.4 / ±79,505)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 25.6 64,239,000 (±0.1 / ±353,869)

Families

44,722 ±2,047 Number of households
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 137,425 ±1,821
  • Colorado: 2,428,261 ±9,051
2.1 ±0.1 (93,893  ±308) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2.3 312,775 (±0 / ±354)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 † 5,752,541 (±,228.8 / ±-555,555,600)

0.7% ±0.8% (228  ±251) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2% † 1,633 (±0.9% / ±702)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 68,829 (±0.4% / ±5,130)

Housing

47,842 ±2,181 Number of housing units
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 146,373 ±162
  • Colorado: 2,638,093 ±2,183

$989,100 ±$77,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $763,600 ±$24,167
  • nearly double the amount in Colorado: $550,300 ±$4,023

33% ±3.9% (34,837  ±4,154.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 21.3% 69,226 (±1.9% / ±6,169.1)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 15.7% 915,016 (±0.5% / ±29,617.2)

Social

96.3% ±4% (58,296  ±3,494.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 94.9% 209,287 (±3.1% / ±6,928.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 93.3% 3,857,279 (±0.8% / ±32,004.4)
75.9% ±3.7% (45,928  ±2,979.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 65.4% 144,148 (±2.5% / ±5,428.7)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

10.5% ±1.5% (11,079  ±1,610) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 10.4% † 34,084 (±17,726.9% / ±3,174)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% † 563,101 (±,905.6% / ±15,894)

2.6% ±0.8% (2,407  ±725) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 4% † 10,877 (±0.6% / ±1,684)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 7.2% 332,717 (±0.2% / ±10,113)
2,407 Total veterans ±725 1,986 Male ±610 421 Female ±313

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