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Idaho Springs, CO

1,886 Population
2.3 square miles 838.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 36.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,453 ±$3,936 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $39,969 ±$262
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $36,415 ±$167
$47,986 ±$11,198 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $75,565 ±$492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Colorado: $68,811 ±$364

12.6% ±6% (238  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 9.5% 265,989 (±0.2% / ±6,229)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 10.9% 590,504 (±0.2% / ±10,526)

26 minutes ±3.6 (22,330  ±4,983) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 27.7 38,764,100 (±0.1 / ±243,577)
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 25.5 66,357,435 (±0.1 / ±329,143)

Families

983 ±100 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,094,028 ±2,243
  • Colorado: 2,113,387 ±4,542
1.9 ±0.1 (1,886  ±212) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.6 2,815,529 (±0 / ±1,187)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,411,306 (±0)

6.2% ±7.3% (30  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 5.2% 37,068 (±0.2% / ±1,367)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 5.3% 70,270 (±0.2% / ±2,208)

Housing

1,039 ±98 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,154,952 ±615
  • Colorado: 2,352,202 ±668

$245,200 ±$28,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $350,500 ±$1,238
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $313,600 ±$1,077

19.5% ±8.1% (365  ±157.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.7% 497,673 (±0.3% / ±7,489)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 18.4% 1,003,322 (±0.2% / ±11,128.4)

Social

98.2% ±8.7% (1,401  ±200.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 90.8% 1,777,101 (±0.4% / ±8,155.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 91.4% 3,425,874 (±0.3% / ±11,765)
21.4% ±6.1% (306  ±93.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 42.9% 839,993 (±0.3% / ±5,175.7)
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 40.2% 1,504,892 (±0.2% / ±7,266.3)

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

1.9% ±1.7% (35  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 12.3% 349,691 (±0.2% / ±5,459)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 542,977 (±0.1% / ±7,083)

8.9% ±3% (137  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7.4% 162,377 (±0.1% / ±2,307)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 8.9% 375,746 (±0.1% / ±3,514)
137 Total veterans ±48 132 Male ±46 5 Female ±9

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