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Thornton PUMA, CO

176,286 Population
40.8 square miles 4,315.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,719 ±$3,513 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$95,956 ±$7,872 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.8% ±2.5% (18,808  ±4,435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.1 minutes ±3.2 (2,529,170  ±324,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 25.7 65,264,340 (±0.3 / ±872,544)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

70,406 ±3,357 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (175,631  ±8,431) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±2.8% (2,358  ±1,207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

72,442 ±3,367 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$509,900 ±$21,129 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14% ±2.6% (24,274  ±4,658.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.9% ±3.1% (108,802  ±6,350.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.4% ±2.5% (46,058  ±3,798) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

27.7% ±2.4% (46,374  ±4,155.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Colorado: 16.2% 899,275 (±0.2% / ±9,241)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

12.7% ±2.1% (22,360  ±3,922) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±1.2% (8,793  ±1,737) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,793 Total veterans ±1,737 7,815 Male ±1,666 978 Female ±608

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