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Denver, CO

716,492 Population
153.3 square miles 4,674 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,556 ±$1,414 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $42,116 ±$665
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $38,057 ±$390
$68,377 ±$2,873 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $79,478 ±$1,489
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $71,953 ±$655

11.3% ±1.2% (79,859  ±8,277) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8% 230,903 (±0.5% / ±14,652)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 537,492 (±0.3% / ±18,885)

25.1 minutes ±0.6 (9,448,575  ±262,472) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 28 41,073,720 (±0.2 / ±519,312)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25.9 70,126,780 (±0.2 / ±741,825)

Families

310,324 ±3,035 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,131,410 ±4,407
  • Colorado: 2,176,757 ±7,548
2.3 ±0 (701,509  ±2,294) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.6 2,897,034 (±0 / ±3,567)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,574,416 (±0)

5.4% ±0.9% (10,907  ±1,793) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 5.3% 39,167 (±0.4% / ±3,195)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 71,267 (±0.4% / ±4,836)

Housing

330,884 ±1,011 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,195,543 ±1,913
  • Colorado: 2,424,128 ±610

$435,100 ±$9,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $420,600 ±$3,701
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $373,300 ±$2,652

19.3% ±1.3% (136,558  ±8,998.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.3% 500,980 (±0.7% / ±18,742.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 17.9% 1,006,195 (±0.5% / ±27,205.8)

Social

88.3% ±2.1% (458,892  ±10,926.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 91.4% 1,863,773 (±1% / ±20,757.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Colorado: 91.9% 3,583,171 (±0.7% / ±28,984.3)
51.4% ±1.5% (266,782  ±7,528.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 44.8% 913,232 (±0.6% / ±12,456.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 41.7% 1,625,549 (±0.4% / ±17,224.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

14.2% ±0.9% (101,946  ±6,676) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 11.9% 349,839 (±0.4% / ±12,607)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 549,181 (±0.3% / ±15,539)

5% ±0.4% (28,893  ±2,363) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7.1% 160,367 (±0.3% / ±5,572)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 8.4% 371,081 (±0.2% / ±8,511)
28,893 Total veterans ±2,363 25,602 Male ±2,312 3,291 Female ±956

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