County population in 2016: 9,550 (all rural); it was 9,322 in 2000County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 2,410 County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 817 County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 3,052 Renter-occupied apartments: 981 (it was 967 in 2000)
% of renters here:
24%
State:
34%
Land area: 395 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 24 people per square mile (low).
Mar. 2016 cost of living index in Clear Creek County: 93.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Industries providing employment: Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services (40.3%), Educational, health and social services (17.1%), Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing (14.2%), Construction (10.3%).
Estimated median household income in 2016: $71,705 ($50,997 in 1999)
This county:
$71,705
Colorado:
$65,685
Median contract rent in 2016 for apartments: $795 (lower quartile is $678, upper quartile is $1,099)
This county:
$795
State:
$1057
Estimated median house or condo value in 2016: $352,673 (it was $193,500 in 2000)
Clear Creek:
$352,673
Colorado:
$314,200
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $238,362 - $498,292 Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,562 Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $368
Institutionalized population: 78
Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 2
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 11
Burglaries: 28
Thefts: 88
Auto thefts: 3
Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
Murders: 0
Rapes: 3
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 8
Burglaries: 29
Thefts: 116
Auto thefts: 7
Single-family new house construction building permits:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $1,636 (0.4%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $1,268 (0.4%)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2016: 6.8%
Clear Creek County:
6.8%
Colorado:
11.0%
(5.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 25.8% for Black residents, 19.1% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 48.4% for other race residents, 16.3% for two or more races residents)
Median age of residents in 2016: 48.0 years old
(Males: 47.0 years old, Females: 48.6 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 49.1 years old, Black residents: 64.9 years old, American Indian residents: 63.2 years old, Asian residents: 34.2 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 27.6 years old, Other race residents: 16.1 years old)
Area name: Denver-Aurora, CO MSA Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Clear Creek County is $702 a month. Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $889 a month. Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1262 a month.
Current college students: 300 People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 97.5% People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 45.9%
Number of foreign born residents: 284 (23.9% naturalized citizens)
Clear Creek County:
3.0%
Whole state:
9.8%
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2010 or later: 168
2000 to 2009: 71
1990 to 1999: 41
1980 to 1989: 10
1970 to 1979: 25
Before 1970: 95
Note: State values scaled to Clear Creek County population
Mean travel time to work (commute): 32.6 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 43.6%
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,624
One, attached: 309
Two: 51
3 or 4: 102
5 to 9: 45
10 to 19: 189
20 or more: 155
Mobile homes: 311
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Housing units in Clear Creek County with a mortgage: 2,479 (119 second mortgage, 157 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,082
Here:
66.7% with mortgage
State:
71.6% with mortgage
Religion statistics for Clear Creek County
Religion
Adherents
Congregations
Catholic
708
3
Mainline Protestant
353
5
Other
237
2
Evangelical Protestant
113
2
None
7,677
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Clear Creek County Religion Details
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 2
Clear Creek County:
2.24 / 10,000 pop.
State:
1.50 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 10
Clear Creek County:
11.19 / 10,000 pop.
Colorado:
3.13 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 23
This county:
25.75 / 10,000 pop.
State:
8.99 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Clear Creek County:
5.3%
Colorado:
5.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Clear Creek County:
20.4%
State:
18.4%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
6.2%
State:
9.6%
Agriculture in Clear Creek County:
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $882 The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.00% Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $22,541 The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 88.89% Average age of principal farm operators: 69 years
Earthquake activity:
Clear Creek County-area historical earthquake activity is near Colorado state average. It is 107% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 10/18/1984 at 15:30:23, a magnitude 5.5 (5.4 MB, 5.1 MS, 5.5 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 185.2 miles away from Clear Creek County center On 10/28/1983 at 14:06:06, a magnitude 7.3 (6.2 MB, 7.3 MS, 7.0 MW, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 518.0 miles away from the county center, causing 2 deaths (2 shaking deaths) and 3 injuries, causing $15,000,000 total damage On 3/28/1975 at 02:31:05, a magnitude 6.2 (6.1 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.2 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 392.4 miles away from the county center On 2/3/1995 at 15:26:10, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 MB, 4.6 MS, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 245.8 miles away from the county center On 8/10/2005 at 22:08:22, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 198.8 miles away from Clear Creek County center On 2/3/1994 at 09:05:04, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.5 MS, 5.8 MW, 5.8 ML, Depth: 4.9 mi) earthquake occurred 349.6 miles away from the county center Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: September 11, 2013 to October 31, 2013, Emergency Declared EM-3365: September 12, 2013, FEMA Id: 3365, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: September 11, 2013 to September 30, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4145: September 14, 2013, FEMA Id: 4145, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
Colorado Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3224: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3224, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
Colorado Snowstorm, Incident Period: March 17, 2003 to March 20, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3185: April 09, 2003, FEMA Id: 3185, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
Colorado Wildfires, Incident Period: April 23, 2002 to August 06, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1421: June 19, 2002, FEMA Id: 1421, Natural disaster type: Fire
Colorado Flooding, Incident Period: July 28, 1997 to August 12, 1997, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1186: August 01, 1997, FEMA Id: 1186, Natural disaster type: Flood
Colorado SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 19, 1969, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-261: May 19, 1969, FEMA Id: 261, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
The number of natural disasters in Clear Creek County (7) is smaller than the US average (13). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 4 Emergencies Declared: 3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (5%)
Office and administrative support occupations (23%)
Sales and related occupations (14%)
Education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Management occupations (7%)
Food preparation and serving related occupations (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico (21%)
Germany (15%)
Canada (11%)
Bangladesh (11%)
Switzerland (8%)
Russia (7%)
England (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clear Creek County (%):
German (20%)
English (9%)
Irish (8%)
American (5%)
Italian (5%)
Scottish (4%)
European (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 2,304 (62.0%)
Carpooled: 324 (8.7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0.1%)
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 35 (0.9%)
Bicycle: 44 (1.2%)
Walked: 228 (6.1%)
Worked at home: 847 (22.8%)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
42 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
People in group quarters in Clear Creek County, Colorado in 2010:
66 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
12 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
6 people in college/university student housing
Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2010 was $68,612.
10.06% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,890 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
10.06%
Colorado average:
9.68%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.22% relocated from other counties in Colorado ($28,237 average AGI)
3.84% relocated from other states ($16,653 average AGI)
Clear Creek County:
3.84%
Colorado average:
4.25%
Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2010 and 2011:
10.32% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($43,784 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
10.32%
Colorado average:
9.12%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.49% relocated to other counties in Colorado ($27,604 average AGI)
3.82% relocated to other states ($16,180 average AGI)
Clear Creek County:
3.82%
Colorado average:
3.65%
Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2010 and 2011:
Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Clear Creek County
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 873 (744 aged, 129 disabled) Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 189 (10%)
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Aged persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Disabled persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare)
Most common underlying causes of death in Clear Creek County, Colorado in 1999 - 2014:
Atherosclerotic heart disease (48)
Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (41)
1,144 married couples with children.
224 single-parent households (44 men, 180 women).
96.2% of residents of Clear Creek speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $48,065,000 ($5,211 per capita) Department of Defense expenditure: $499,000 Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $13,153,000 Federal other direct payments to individuals: $4,627,000 Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,000 Federal grants: $6,279,000 Federal procurement contracts: $21,533,000 ($3,000 Department of Defense) Federal salaries and wages: $2,472,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense) Federal Government direct loans: $0,000 Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $7,936,000 Federal Government insurance: $20,487,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 537
Here:
58 per 1000 residents
State:
76 per 1000 residents
Deaths: 247
Here:
27 per 1000 residents
State:
32 per 1000 residents
Net international migration: +5
Here:
+1 per 1000 residents
State:
+24 per 1000 residents
Net internal migration: -390
Here:
-42 per 1000 residents
State:
+10 per 1000 residents
Population growth in Clear Creek County
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.56 millions of gallons per day (22% from ground, 78% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
6.3
State:
6.8
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
3.8
State:
4.1
Year house built
2014 or later: 0
2010 to 2013: 124
2000 to 2009: 578
1990 to 1999: 599
1980 to 1989: 704
1970 to 1979: 1,369
1960 to 1969: 820
1950 to 1959: 223
1940 to 1949: 66
1939 or earlier: 1,242
Note: State values scaled to Clear Creek population
Rooms in houses/apartments in Clear Creek County, Colorado
Note: State values scaled to Clear Creek County population
no vehicle: 4
1 vehicle: 810
2 vehicles: 1,473
3 vehicles: 810
4 vehicles: 305
5+ vehicles: 168
no vehicle: 77
1 vehicle: 468
2 vehicles: 293
3 vehicles: 97
4 vehicles: 12
5+ vehicles: 51
87% of Clear Creek County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Colorado.
Clear Creek County:
87.2%
State average:
81.5%
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,506
Other state: 5,557
Northeast: 921
Midwest: 2,243
South: 1,311
West: 1,073
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