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Denver, CO

711,463 Population
153.1 square miles 4,647.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 37.6 ±0.2

Economics

$52,690 ±$1,556 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $48,530 ±$662
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $44,617 ±$467
$81,630 ±$2,394 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $90,716 ±$1,559
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado: $82,254 ±$791

11.6% ±1.1% (80,787  ±7,681) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8.4% 246,608 (±0.5% / ±14,133)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 553,272 (±0.4% / ±20,121)

24.3 minutes ±0.5 (6,630,645  ±245,500) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 26.7 31,111,696 (±0.3 / ±537,730)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25 56,953,656 (±0.2 / ±643,480)

Families

326,634 ±3,286 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,192,117 ±4,939
  • Colorado: 2,313,042 ±8,099
2.1 ±0 (699,064  ±2,078) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.5 2,942,432 (±0 / ±3,349)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,699,351 (±0)

3.8% ±0.6% (7,708  ±1,269) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 4.1% † 30,838 (±0.4% / ±3,327)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 4.4% 62,000 (±0.3% / ±4,537)

Housing

351,829 ±978 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,265,033 ±1,797
  • Colorado: 2,540,783 ±353

$541,500 ±$16,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $519,600 ±$5,645
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $466,200 ±$2,390

20.4% ±1.5% (143,217  ±10,548.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 16.3% 479,431 (±0.6% / ±18,854.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 16.7% 963,147 (±0.5% / ±27,895.6)

Social

90.9% ±2.1% (473,939  ±10,811.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 91.9% 1,928,043 (±1% / ±20,780.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.4% 3,738,208 (±0.8% / ±30,604.4)
55% ±1.5% (286,847  ±7,748.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 47.8% 1,003,798 (±0.7% / ±13,695.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

14.2% ±1% (101,120  ±6,767) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 12.3% 366,701 (±0.4% / ±10,816)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 570,273 (±0.2% / ±13,679)

4.5% ±0.4% (25,936  ±2,280) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 6.3% 147,641 (±0.3% / ±6,268)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,485 (±0.2% / ±9,719)
25,936 Total veterans ±2,280 23,165 Male ±2,044 2,771 Female ±1,011

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