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Total population: 598,707 (Urban population: 598,703, Rural population: 4 (all nonfarm))

Denver, Colorado Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 251,435 (239,235 occupied: 125,631 owner occupied, 113,604 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  47%
State:  33%

Housing density: 1640 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $285,591.


Median contract rent in 2007: $654 (lower quartile is $509, upper quartile is $875)


Housing units in Denver with a mortgage: 79,329 (12,095 second mortgage, 7,276 home equity loan, 430 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24,957





Denver,CO index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $234,500 (it was $160,100 in 2000)
Denver:  $234,500
Colorado:  $233,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $176,400 - $362,100

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $327,513
Here:  $327,513
State:  $321,943

Townhouses or other attached units: $301,032
Here:  $301,032
State:  $242,417

In 2-unit structures: $287,208
Here:  $287,208
State:  $375,414

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $248,070
Here:  $248,070
State:  $222,440

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $217,490
Here:  $217,490
State:  $203,199

Mobile homes: $75,705
Here:  $75,705
State:  $53,488

Median year house/condo built: 1957

Median year apartment built: 1966

Household type by relationship

Households: 541,907
  • In family households: 391,340 (81,115 male householders, 39,190 female householders)
    85,763 spouses, 131,689 children (122,445 natural, 3,705 adopted, 5,539 stepchildren), 10,778 grandchildren, 9,803 brothers or sisters, 3,914 parents, 14,599 other relatives, 14,489 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 150,567 (58,515 male householders (43,945 living alone)), 60,595 female householders (50,072 living alone)), 31,457 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 12,729 (6,058 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 51,722 2-persons, 26,652 3-persons, 20,594 4-persons, 10,705 5-persons, 5,545 6-persons, 5,087 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 94,017 1-person, 21,074 2-persons, 2,878 3-persons, 756 4-persons, 272 5-persons, 72 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.

69,301 married couples with children.
34,103 single-parent households (7,133 men, 26,970 women).

73.0% of residents of Denver speak English at home.
21.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 96,601 (17.4%)
(22.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.1
State:  6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.3
State:  3.9

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Denver, Colorado:
  • 1 room: 555
  • 2 rooms: 3,817
  • 3 rooms: 7,682
  • 4 rooms: 15,259
  • 5 rooms: 23,339
  • 6 rooms: 21,962
  • 7 rooms: 17,932
  • 8 rooms: 16,146
  • 9 or more rooms: 18,939



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Denver, Colorado:
  • 1 room: 11,133
  • 2 rooms: 20,516
  • 3 rooms: 29,678
  • 4 rooms: 25,204
  • 5 rooms: 13,780
  • 6 rooms: 6,351
  • 7 rooms: 3,398
  • 8 rooms: 2,021
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,523



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 5,260
  • 1995 to 1998: 8,395
  • 1990 to 1994: 5,212
  • 1980 to 1989: 22,470
  • 1970 to 1979: 40,916
  • 1960 to 1969: 35,877
  • 1950 to 1959: 46,855
  • 1940 to 1949: 24,845
  • 1939 or earlier: 61,605


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Denver:
  • no bedroom: 1,319
  • 1 bedroom: 10,011
  • 2 bedrooms: 40,058
  • 3 bedrooms: 44,506
  • 4 bedrooms: 23,009
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 6,728



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Denver:
  • no bedroom: 14,266
  • 1 bedroom: 49,512
  • 2 bedrooms: 35,202
  • 3 bedrooms: 10,388
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,378
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 858



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Denver in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 6,409
  • 1 vehicle: 45,691
  • 2 vehicles: 52,101
  • 3 vehicles: 16,124
  • 4 vehicles: 4,019
  • 5 or more vehicles: 1,287



Cars and other vehicles available in Denver in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 26,738
  • 1 vehicle: 57,524
  • 2 vehicles: 23,210
  • 3 vehicles: 4,617
  • 4 vehicles: 924
  • 5 or more vehicles: 591


Denver, CO house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Denver, CO:

  • Less than $10,000: 154
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 78
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 97
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 85
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 77
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 76
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 91
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 224
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 250
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 457
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 756
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 1009
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 1420
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 6536
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 11598
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 12380
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 14342
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 28251
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 18875
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 19429
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 8996
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 9173
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 2082
  • $1,000,000 or more: 2665
 


Denver rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Denver:

  • Less than $100: 1,874 people
  • $100 to $149: 1,926
  • $150 to $199: 2,554
  • $200 to $249: 2,104
  • $250 to $299: 1,635
  • $300 to $349: 2,234
  • $350 to $399: 3,464
  • $400 to $449: 4,040
  • $450 to $499: 6,286
  • $500 to $549: 8,304
  • $550 to $599: 8,791
  • $600 to $649: 8,543
  • $650 to $699: 8,149
  • $700 to $749: 7,242
  • $750 to $799: 6,091
  • $800 to $899: 9,880
  • $900 to $999: 6,758
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 7,840
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 3,827
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 2,123
  • $2,000 or more: 1,302
  • No cash rent: 2,246
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 41,082
  • 1990 to 1994: 19,234
  • 1985 to 1989: 11,076
  • 1980 to 1984: 8,146
  • 1975 to 1979: 6,074
  • 1970 to 1974: 3,630
  • 1970 to 1974: 2,022
  • 1965 to 1969: 5,337

Denver, CO Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 63.4%
Number of people working at home: 10,225 (3.7% of all workers)


Denver travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 5353
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 22238
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 38511
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 47286
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 46631
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 18215
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 44301
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 6175
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 8579
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 16355
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 10202
  • 90 or more minutes: 4644
 


Denver mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 190,274 (68%)
  • Carpooled: 37,668 (14%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 22,229 (8%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 322 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 342 (0%)
  • Railroad: 192 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 13 (0%)
  • Taxi: 389 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 231 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 2,652 (1%)
  • Walked: 12,112 (4%)
  • Other means: 2,066 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 10,225 (4%)
 


Denver, CO household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 24286
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 15173
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 14923
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 16618
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 17625
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 16496
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 15947
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 13800
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 11389
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 21044
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 22668
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 21836
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 11085
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 5577
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 4912
  • $200,000 or more: 6036
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 228805
 German: 53004
 Irish: 33687
 English: 29076
 United States or American: 18640
 Italian: 15319
 Polish: 7452
 Scottish: 7069
 French (except Basque): 6933
 Swedish: 6537
 Scotch-Irish: 6467
 Norwegian: 6231
 Russian: 5551
 Subsaharan African:: 5448
 Dutch: 4915
 European: 4732
 African: 3484
 Danish: 2082
 French Canadian: 2029
 British: 2004
 Welsh: 1954
 Greek: 1889
 Arab:: 1866
 Hungarian: 1448
 Czech: 1439
 Ukrainian: 1298
 Swiss: 1192
 Austrian: 1114
 Scandinavian: 1018
 Eastern European: 894
 Canadian: 849
 Lithuanian: 820
 Yugoslavian: 760
 Ethiopian: 718
 Czechoslovakian: 646
 Northern European: 642
 Iranian: 618
 Finnish: 607
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 572
 Portuguese: 523
 Croatian: 507
 Romanian: 458
 Lebanese: 417
 Belgian: 385
 Slovak: 370
 Slovene: 369
 Other Arab: 337
 Nigerian: 320
 Jamaican: 314
 Arab/Arabic: 313
 Israeli: 308
 Moroccan: 290
 Sudanese: 248
 Armenian: 239
 Latvian: 201
 Basque: 196
 Ghanian: 192
 Brazilian: 164
 Syrian: 163
 South African: 161
 Egyptian: 155
 Celtic: 151
 Serbian: 143
 Australian: 143
 Bulgarian: 143
 Turkish: 132
 Somalian: 120
 Haitian: 111
 Icelander: 109
 Palestinian: 108
 Pennsylvania German: 107
 Luxemburger: 87
 New Zealander: 83
 Albanian: 77
 Other Subsaharan African: 71
 Slavic: 59
 Acadian/Cajun: 59
 German Russian: 58
 Ugandan: 56
 Iraqi: 53
 Carpatho Rusyn: 40
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 38
 Estonian: 33
 Afghan: 33
 Sierra Leonean: 32
 Macedonian: 31
 Jordanian: 30
 West Indian: 29
 Alsatian: 27
 British West Indian: 27
 Kenyan: 18
 Bahamian: 16
 Cape Verdean: 15
 Guyanese: 15
 Cypriot: 15
 Zairian: 13
 Belizean: 10
 Bermudan: 8
 Dutch West Indian: 7
 Other West Indian: 7
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 6
 Barbadian: 5


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



  • Mexico (65%)
  • Vietnam (4%)
  • Germany (2%)
  • India (2%)
  • Canada (2%)
  • United Kingdom (1%)
  • Russia (1%)


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

  • This state: 222531
  • Northeast: 33351
  • Midwest: 89984
  • South: 56085
  • West: 50167

46% of Denver residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Colorado.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 3,880
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 2,050
  • 5th and 6th grade: 7,020
  • 7th and 8th grade: 5,296
  • 9th grade: 5,674
  • 10th grade: 4,962
  • 11th grade: 4,858
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 7,279
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 35,984
  • Less than 1 year of college: 8,966
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 26,036
  • Associate degree: 9,036
  • Bachelor's degree: 41,239
  • Master's degree: 14,032
  • Professional school degree: 7,377
  • Doctorate degree: 2,549


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 3,016
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 1,830
  • 5th and 6th grade: 5,811
  • 7th and 8th grade: 5,350
  • 9th grade: 5,359
  • 10th grade: 4,863
  • 11th grade: 5,349
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 6,437
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 38,938
  • Less than 1 year of college: 11,163
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 26,925
  • Associate degree: 9,331
  • Bachelor's degree: 41,511
  • Master's degree: 15,601
  • Professional school degree: 4,933
  • Doctorate degree: 1,823


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.8%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.3%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 13.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 12.6%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 6.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.2%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.7%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.7%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.2%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $52,143
  • Black householders: $34,790
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $31,110
  • Asian householders: $41,693
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $21,800
  • Some other race householders: $32,230
  • Two or more races householders: $37,426
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $33,176

Denver household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Denver household income for Black householders

Denver household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Denver household income for Asian householders

Denver household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Denver household income for Some other race householders

Denver household income for Two or more races householders

Denver household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Denver marital status for males

Denver marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $270,971
  • Black or African American householders: $214,872
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $201,104
  • Asian householders: $241,823
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $226,297
  • Some other race householders: $188,947
  • Two or more races householders: $217,655
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $190,558

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 119,432
  • One, attached: 18,766
  • Two: 7,994
  • 3 or 4: 10,034
  • 5 to 9: 14,244
  • 10 to 19: 21,373
  • 20 to 49: 27,471
  • 50 or more: 31,447
  • Mobile homes: 617
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 57

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,279


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Denver:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (86%)
  • Electricity (12%)
  • Other fuel (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (63%)
  • Electricity (33%)
  • Other fuel (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6,404
Here:  12.0%
Colorado:  8.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,412
Here:  10.4%
Colorado:  7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7,753
Here:  28.6%
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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