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Idaho Springs, CO

1,858 Population
2.3 square miles 825.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±9.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$29,975 ±$4,913 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $41,988 ±$228
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $38,226 ±$173
$43,886 ±$3,998 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $79,664 ±$565
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Colorado: $72,331 ±$370

19.5% ±6.8% (363  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 8.8% 252,594 (±0.2% / ±5,813)
  • nearly double the rate in Colorado: 10.3% 565,873 (±0.1% / ±7,890)

24.4 minutes ±2.6 (22,610  ±5,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 28 39,874,095 (±0.1 / ±222,757)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25.8 68,344,730 (±0.1 / ±304,616)

Families

908 ±109 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,112,126 ±2,825
  • Colorado: 2,148,994 ±5,236
2.1 ±0.1 (1,858  ±234) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 2.6 2,856,839 (±0 / ±1,291)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.6 5,490,688 (±0)

3.5% ±5.6% (17  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 5% 36,554 (±0.2% / ±1,441)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 5.1% 69,064 (±0.1% / ±1,964)

Housing

977 ±101 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 1,173,990 ±750
  • Colorado: 2,386,475 ±846

$250,500 ±$25,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: $380,900 ±$1,318
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Colorado: $343,300 ±$911

26.4% ±8.8% (491  ±174.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 17.3% 494,744 (±0.3% / ±7,936)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 18% 996,893 (±0.2% / ±12,179.6)

Social

97.2% ±10.3% (1,331  ±220.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 91.2% 1,823,971 (±0.4% / ±8,798.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 91.8% 3,509,828 (±0.3% / ±12,607.7)
29.2% ±7.6% (399  ±115.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 43.8% 875,958 (±0.3% / ±5,795.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 40.9% 1,565,134 (±0.2% / ±8,175)

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

3.3% ±2.4% (62  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 12.1% 350,525 (±0.2% / ±5,337)
  • about one-third of the rate in Colorado: 9.7% 546,513 (±0.1% / ±7,055)

7.5% ±2.9% (120  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area: 7.3% 162,448 (±0.1% / ±2,468)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 8.7% 373,795 (±0.1% / ±4,146)
120 Total veterans ±49 120 Male ±49 N/A Female ±12

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