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Boulder, CO

104,178 Population
26.3 square miles 3,955 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.6 ±0.2

Economics

$52,420 ±$3,912 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $54,478 ±$2,295
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $44,617 ±$467
$84,167 ±$8,482 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $90,168 ±$5,008
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado: $82,254 ±$791

23% ±3.4% (21,386  ±3,149) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 11.1% † 35,257 (±1.4% / ±4,293)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 553,272 (±0.4% / ±20,121)

19.1 minutes ±1.3 (606,550  ±84,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 23.2 2,555,810 (±1.2 / ±185,913)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 25 56,953,656 (±0.2 / ±643,480)

Families

42,376 ±1,756 Number of households
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 135,607 ±1,819
  • Colorado: 2,313,042 ±8,099
2.2 ±0.1 (92,627  ±1,882) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 2.3 317,128 (±0 / ±1,897)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,699,351 (±0)

1.5% ±1% (498  ±347) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 3.6% † 2,932 (±1.2% / ±977)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 4.4% 62,000 (±0.3% / ±4,537)

Housing

44,793 ±1,767 Number of housing units
  • the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 143,145 ±806
  • Colorado: 2,540,783 ±353

$941,100 ±$43,772 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: $654,500 ±$17,774
  • about double the amount in Colorado: $466,200 ±$2,390

40.5% ±3.9% (41,921  ±3,999.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 22.1% 72,165 (±1.9% / ±6,237.1)
  • more than double the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 963,147 (±0.5% / ±27,895.6)

Social

95.7% ±4.1% (57,601  ±3,365.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 95.1% 212,436 (±3% / ±6,729.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,738,208 (±0.8% / ±30,604.4)
75.6% ±3.6% (45,460  ±2,818.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 62.5% 139,568 (±2.2% / ±4,973.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 44.4% 1,796,240 (±0.5% / ±19,067.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

12.7% ±2% (13,220  ±2,058) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 10.2% 33,673 (±1% / ±3,301)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 570,273 (±0.2% / ±13,679)

3.3% ±1% (3,046  ±904) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boulder, CO Metro Area: 4.4% † 11,918 (±0.6% / ±1,596)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,485 (±0.2% / ±9,719)
3,046 Total veterans ±904 2,646 Male ±795 400 Female ±338

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