Boulder, CO (Colorado) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 93,552 (Urban population: 93,181, Rural population: 371 (all nonfarm))

Boulder, Colorado Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 40,797 (39,639 occupied: 19,588 owner occupied, 20,051 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	51%
State:	33%

Housing density: 1674 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $41,427.

Median contract rent in 2007: $850 (lower quartile is $646, upper quartile is $1,214)

Median contract rent in 2005: $901 (lower quartile is $716, upper quartile is $1,228)

Housing units in Boulder with a mortgage: 10,666 (1,146 second mortgage, 1,189 home equity loan, 69 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,723

Boulder,CO index of house prices

Median year house/condo built: 1972

Median year apartment built: 1974

Household type by relationship

Households: 87,001

In family households: 49,864 (12,126 male householders, 4,881 female householders)
13,524 spouses, 15,321 children (14,285 natural, 538 adopted, 498 stepchildren), 196 grandchildren, 882 brothers or sisters, 257 parents, 924 other relatives, 1,753 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 37,137 (11,657 male householders (6,503 living alone)), 10,946 female householders (6,847 living alone)), 14,534 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 7,509 (1,153 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,190 2-persons, 3,833 3-persons, 3,291 4-persons, 1,178 5-persons, 233 6-persons, 282 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,350 1-person, 5,956 2-persons, 2,073 3-persons, 933 4-persons, 187 5-persons, 80 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons.

10,112 married couples with children.
3,167 single-parent households (672 men, 2,495 women).

85.0% of residents of Boulder speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 10,829 (11.5%)
(24.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.6
State:	6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.5
State:	3.9

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Boulder, Colorado:
	1 room: 99 2 rooms: 543 3 rooms: 1,037 4 rooms: 1,981 5 rooms: 2,986 6 rooms: 2,879 7 rooms: 2,888 8 rooms: 2,939 9 or more rooms: 4,236

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boulder, Colorado:
	1 room: 1,559 2 rooms: 3,746 3 rooms: 4,644 4 rooms: 4,605 5 rooms: 2,571 6 rooms: 1,424 7 rooms: 728 8 rooms: 400 9 or more rooms: 374

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 596
1995 to 1998: 1,498
1990 to 1994: 2,923
1980 to 1989: 6,904
1970 to 1979: 10,880
1960 to 1969: 8,695
1950 to 1959: 4,771
1940 to 1949: 1,151
1939 or earlier: 3,379

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Boulder:
	no bedroom: 108 1 bedroom: 1,193 2 bedrooms: 4,272 3 bedrooms: 7,137 4 bedrooms: 5,118 5 or more bedrooms: 1,760

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boulder:
	no bedroom: 1,707 1 bedroom: 6,684 2 bedrooms: 7,353 3 bedrooms: 2,957 4 bedrooms: 973 5 or more bedrooms: 377

Cars and other vehicles available in Boulder in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 559 1 vehicle: 6,906 2 vehicles: 8,900 3 vehicles: 2,627 4 vehicles: 490 5 or more vehicles: 106

Cars and other vehicles available in Boulder in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,873 1 vehicle: 9,254 2 vehicles: 5,209 3 vehicles: 1,815 4 vehicles: 595 5 or more vehicles: 305

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Boulder, CO:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 6
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 6
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 10
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 36
$90,000 to $99,999: 39
$100,000 to $124,999: 148
$125,000 to $149,999: 207
$150,000 to $174,999: 511
$175,000 to $199,999: 890
$200,000 to $249,999: 2627
$250,000 to $299,999: 2550
$300,000 to $399,999: 3388
$400,000 to $499,999: 1702
$500,000 to $749,999: 1698
$750,000 to $999,999: 358
$1,000,000 or more: 209

Boulder rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Boulder:

Less than $100: 72 people
$100 to $149: 255
$150 to $199: 249
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 80
$350 to $399: 316
$400 to $449: 93
$450 to $499: 318
$500 to $549: 651
$550 to $599: 1,112
$600 to $649: 1,222
$650 to $699: 1,002
$700 to $749: 741
$750 to $799: 1,252
$800 to $899: 2,354
$900 to $999: 1,465
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,919
$1,250 to $1,499: 2,099
$1,500 to $1,999: 1,423
$2,000 or more: 474
No cash rent: 553

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 4,907 1990 to 1994: 1,859 1985 to 1989: 965 1980 to 1984: 884 1975 to 1979: 654 1970 to 1974: 320 1970 to 1974: 362 1965 to 1969: 878

Boulder, CO Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 85.0%
Number of people working at home: 3,488 (6.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1599
5 to 9 minutes: 8572
10 to 14 minutes: 12745
15 to 19 minutes: 10460
20 to 24 minutes: 5560
25 to 29 minutes: 1670
30 to 34 minutes: 3139
35 to 39 minutes: 854
40 to 44 minutes: 1068
45 to 59 minutes: 2393
60 to 89 minutes: 1845
90 or more minutes: 435

Boulder mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 32,202 (60%)
Carpooled: 4,678 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,454 (8%)
Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 25 (0%)
Motorcycle: 141 (0%)
Bicycle: 3,708 (7%)
Walked: 4,861 (9%)
Other means: 263 (0%)
Worked at home: 3,488 (6%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 4052
$10,000 to $14,999: 2565
$15,000 to $19,999: 2231
$20,000 to $24,999: 2231
$25,000 to $29,999: 2380
$30,000 to $34,999: 2399
$35,000 to $39,999: 2186
$40,000 to $44,999: 1837
$45,000 to $49,999: 1571
$50,000 to $59,999: 3124
$60,000 to $74,999: 3630
$75,000 to $99,999: 4314
$100,000 to $124,999: 2800
$125,000 to $149,999: 1469
$150,000 to $199,999: 1489
$200,000 or more: 1332

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 14186
German: 12696
English: 8787
Irish: 8502
Italian: 4281
United States or American: 2760
Scottish: 2519
European: 2102
Norwegian: 2102
Polish: 2094
Scotch-Irish: 2048
Russian: 2025
Swedish: 1910
French (except Basque): 1713
British: 970
Dutch: 947
Danish: 596
Eastern European: 578
Welsh: 576
French Canadian: 556
Swiss: 486
Arab:: 462
Hungarian: 453
Austrian: 414
Greek: 361
Lithuanian: 334
Ukrainian: 327
Northern European: 325
Czech: 312
Canadian: 312
Subsaharan African:: 271
Scandinavian: 249
Finnish: 230
Other Arab: 179
Czechoslovakian: 172
Armenian: 170
Iranian: 163
Belgian: 155
Portuguese: 146
Croatian: 118
Romanian: 113
Slovak: 110
Lebanese: 108
South African: 106
Slavic: 86
Brazilian: 84
Israeli: 82
African: 81
Latvian: 73
Slovene: 72
Turkish: 68
Celtic: 67
Yugoslavian: 65
Egyptian: 61
Australian: 61
Icelander: 58
Arab/Arabic: 55
Serbian: 46
Maltese: 40
Moroccan: 39
Basque: 34
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 33
Ethiopian: 31
Acadian/Cajun: 29
Pennsylvania German: 28
Belizean: 23
Zimbabwean: 19
Albanian: 18
Alsatian: 17
Estonian: 16
Macedonian: 13
Carpatho Rusyn: 13
Kenyan: 13
Iraqi: 11
Bulgarian: 11
Palestinian: 9
Ghanian: 8
Sudanese: 7
Other Subsaharan African: 6
German Russian: 6
Jamaican: 6
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 5
Haitian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (31%)
Korea (6%)
Canada (6%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Germany (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
India (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 22918
Northeast: 15370
Midwest: 20879
South: 10675
West: 12415

36% of Boulder residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Colorado.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 151
Nursery to 4th grade: 144
5th and 6th grade: 301
7th and 8th grade: 155
9th grade: 201
10th grade: 211
11th grade: 213
12th grade, no diploma: 344
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,196
Less than 1 year of college: 947
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,339
Associate degree: 1,027
Bachelor's degree: 10,030
Master's degree: 5,487
Professional school degree: 1,382
Doctorate degree: 2,581

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 105
Nursery to 4th grade: 60
5th and 6th grade: 213
7th and 8th grade: 233
9th grade: 101
10th grade: 129
11th grade: 74
12th grade, no diploma: 346
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,744
Less than 1 year of college: 1,101
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,211
Associate degree: 1,088
Bachelor's degree: 10,407
Master's degree: 5,544
Professional school degree: 979
Doctorate degree: 1,188

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.9%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 12.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 10.9%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 12.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 6.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $56,458
Black householders: $36,250
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $42,805
Asian householders: $51,927
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $31,817
Some other race householders: $36,067
Two or more races householders: $32,245
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $33,774

Boulder household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Boulder household income for Black householders

Boulder household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Boulder household income for Asian householders

Boulder household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Boulder household income for Some other race householders

Boulder household income for Two or more races householders

Boulder household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Boulder marital status for males

Boulder marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $461,251
Black or African American householders: $523,296
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $243,034
Asian householders: $591,243
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $172,666
Some other race householders: $336,253
Two or more races householders: $401,930
Hispanic or Latino householders: $425,688

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 17,906
One, attached: 2,580
Two: 1,122
3 or 4: 2,853
5 to 9: 3,239
10 to 19: 3,628
20 to 49: 3,823
50 or more: 4,182
Mobile homes: 1,461
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

Median worth of mobile homes: $17,100

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Boulder:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (88%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (63%) Electricity (34%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 631

Here:	10.1%
Colorado:	8.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 296

Here:	9.5%
Colorado:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,028

Here:	5.3%
Colorado:	16.7%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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