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Lakewood Apartments for Rent

Total population: 140,989 (Urban population: 140,809, Rural population: 180 (all nonfarm))

Lakewood, Colorado Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 62,433 (60,577 occupied: 36,839 owner occupied, 23,738 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	39%
State:	33%

Housing density: 1501 houses/condos per square mile

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

Median contract rent in 2007: $735 (lower quartile is $614, upper quartile is $876)

Housing units in Lakewood with a mortgage: 23,325 (3,749 second mortgage, 2,292 home equity loan, 92 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,476

Lakewood,CO index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $236,100 (it was $169,000 in 2000)

Lakewood:	$236,100
Colorado:	$233,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $187,300 - $308,600

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $301,744
Here: $301,744
State: $321,943

Townhouses or other attached units: $203,108
Here: $203,108
State: $242,417

In 2-unit structures: $350,000
Here: $350,000
State: $375,414

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $144,672
Here: $144,672
State: $222,440

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $143,067
Here: $143,067
State: $203,199

Mobile homes: $28,409
Here: $28,409
State: $53,488

Median year house/condo built: 1972

Median year apartment built: 1978

Household type by relationship

Households: 140,274

In family households: 109,958 (27,057 male householders, 9,731 female householders)
28,521 spouses, 36,482 children (33,461 natural, 1,136 adopted, 1,885 stepchildren), 1,714 grandchildren, 1,231 brothers or sisters, 651 parents, 1,885 other relatives, 2,686 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 30,316 (11,471 male householders (8,457 living alone)), 12,394 female householders (10,155 living alone)), 6,451 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 3,815 (2,752 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 16,980 2-persons, 8,555 3-persons, 6,959 4-persons, 2,721 5-persons, 1,022 6-persons, 551 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18,612 1-person, 4,468 2-persons, 606 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 42 5-persons.

20,476 married couples with children.
8,660 single-parent households (2,059 men, 6,601 women).

87.7% of residents of Lakewood speak English at home.
7.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 10,293 (7.1%)
(39.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.9
State:	6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	3.9

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lakewood, Colorado:
	1 room: 78 2 rooms: 568 3 rooms: 1,253 4 rooms: 3,372 5 rooms: 4,998 6 rooms: 5,702 7 rooms: 6,547 8 rooms: 5,981 9 or more rooms: 8,340

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lakewood, Colorado:
	1 room: 1,168 2 rooms: 2,935 3 rooms: 5,177 4 rooms: 7,383 5 rooms: 3,754 6 rooms: 1,552 7 rooms: 767 8 rooms: 555 9 or more rooms: 447

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 816
1995 to 1998: 4,011
1990 to 1994: 3,087
1980 to 1989: 11,832
1970 to 1979: 15,900
1960 to 1969: 13,965
1950 to 1959: 8,986
1940 to 1949: 2,425
1939 or earlier: 1,411

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lakewood:
	no bedroom: 100 1 bedroom: 1,540 2 bedrooms: 7,901 3 bedrooms: 13,945 4 bedrooms: 10,188 5 or more bedrooms: 3,165

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lakewood:
	no bedroom: 1,266 1 bedroom: 8,006 2 bedrooms: 10,408 3 bedrooms: 2,929 4 bedrooms: 796 5 or more bedrooms: 333

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Lakewood in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 773 1 vehicle: 10,161 2 vehicles: 16,704 3 vehicles: 6,625 4 vehicles: 1,881 5 or more vehicles: 695

Cars and other vehicles available in Lakewood in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,589 1 vehicle: 11,647 2 vehicles: 7,384 3 vehicles: 1,680 4 vehicles: 273 5 or more vehicles: 165

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

Less than $10,000: 116
$10,000 to $14,999: 51
$15,000 to $19,999: 25
$20,000 to $24,999: 49
$25,000 to $29,999: 34
$30,000 to $34,999: 5
$35,000 to $39,999: 37
$40,000 to $49,999: 69
$50,000 to $59,999: 58
$60,000 to $69,999: 97
$70,000 to $79,999: 120
$80,000 to $89,999: 224
$90,000 to $99,999: 322
$100,000 to $124,999: 1469
$125,000 to $149,999: 2461
$150,000 to $174,999: 2687
$175,000 to $199,999: 4104
$200,000 to $249,999: 10026
$250,000 to $299,999: 6808
$300,000 to $399,999: 6191
$400,000 to $499,999: 1805
$500,000 to $749,999: 1368
$750,000 to $999,999: 149
$1,000,000 or more: 123

Lakewood rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Lakewood:

Less than $100: 213 people
$100 to $149: 162
$150 to $199: 243
$200 to $249: 261
$250 to $299: 196
$300 to $349: 252
$350 to $399: 302
$400 to $449: 578
$450 to $499: 946
$500 to $549: 1,296
$550 to $599: 1,590
$600 to $649: 1,779
$650 to $699: 1,910
$700 to $749: 2,017
$750 to $799: 1,995
$800 to $899: 3,196
$900 to $999: 2,015
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,815
$1,250 to $1,499: 707
$1,500 to $1,999: 443
$2,000 or more: 291
No cash rent: 384

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3,334 1990 to 1994: 1,615 1985 to 1989: 1,499 1980 to 1984: 1,010 1975 to 1979: 536 1970 to 1974: 468 1970 to 1974: 323 1965 to 1969: 1,508

Lakewood, CO Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 48.6%
Number of people working at home: 3,109 (4.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1580
5 to 9 minutes: 6242
10 to 14 minutes: 10226
15 to 19 minutes: 11069
20 to 24 minutes: 11946
25 to 29 minutes: 5372
30 to 34 minutes: 11880
35 to 39 minutes: 2271
40 to 44 minutes: 3261
45 to 59 minutes: 6658
60 to 89 minutes: 2788
90 or more minutes: 1278

Lakewood mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 60,523 (78%)
Carpooled: 9,066 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 3,086 (4%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 25 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 25 (0%)
Railroad: 11 (0%)
Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
Taxi: 30 (0%)
Motorcycle: 87 (0%)
Bicycle: 283 (0%)
Walked: 1,181 (2%)
Other means: 248 (0%)
Worked at home: 3,109 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2839
$10,000 to $14,999: 2606
$15,000 to $19,999: 2742
$20,000 to $24,999: 3366
$25,000 to $29,999: 3843
$30,000 to $34,999: 4497
$35,000 to $39,999: 3895
$40,000 to $44,999: 4292
$45,000 to $49,999: 3359
$50,000 to $59,999: 6461
$60,000 to $74,999: 7516
$75,000 to $99,999: 7683
$100,000 to $124,999: 3556
$125,000 to $149,999: 1712
$150,000 to $199,999: 1314
$200,000 or more: 972

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 27245

German: 25236

English: 12779

Irish: 11931

United States or American: 6700

Italian: 6375

Norwegian: 3099

Swedish: 3064

French (except Basque): 2924

Scottish: 2518

Scotch-Irish: 2511

Polish: 2511

European: 1798

Dutch: 1593

Danish: 961

Russian: 867

French Canadian: 741

Welsh: 652

British: 609

Yugoslavian: 495

Czech: 488

Hungarian: 480

Czechoslovakian: 474

Greek: 434

Subsaharan African:: 376

Austrian: 368

Swiss: 343

Finnish: 295

Ukrainian: 271

Arab:: 271

Lithuanian: 217

Scandinavian: 208

Northern European: 202

Canadian: 191

Bulgarian: 150

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 147

Croatian: 147

Belgian: 125

South African: 123

African: 119

Slovene: 110

Celtic: 99

Other Arab: 98

Pennsylvania German: 94

Slovak: 90

Lebanese: 84

Slavic: 81

Turkish: 77

Romanian: 75

Armenian: 74

Brazilian: 63

Serbian: 60

Basque: 59

Jamaican: 58

Arab/Arabic: 58

Portuguese: 56

Ethiopian: 54

West Indian: 47

Eastern European: 39

Afghan: 38

Cape Verdean: 36

Israeli: 35

Iranian: 35

Latvian: 30

Acadian/Cajun: 27

Icelander: 27

Other West Indian: 24

Australian: 23

Zimbabwean: 19

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 19

Sudanese: 18

Macedonian: 15

Iraqi: 14

German Russian: 11

Luxemburger: 11

Syrian: 10

Albanian: 8

Sierra Leonean: 7

Haitian: 7

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 6

Palestinian: 5

British West Indian: 5

Egyptian: 2

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

Mexico (31%)
Germany (6%)
Vietnam (5%)
Canada (4%)
India (4%)
Korea (4%)
Japan (3%)

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

This state: 64691
Northeast: 8862
Midwest: 31294
South: 11875
West: 16116

50% of Lakewood residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Colorado.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 188
Nursery to 4th grade: 119
5th and 6th grade: 264
7th and 8th grade: 732
9th grade: 575
10th grade: 975
11th grade: 952
12th grade, no diploma: 1,392
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,601
Less than 1 year of college: 3,286
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,548
Associate degree: 3,018
Bachelor's degree: 10,728
Master's degree: 4,038
Professional school degree: 1,288
Doctorate degree: 881

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 249
Nursery to 4th grade: 145
5th and 6th grade: 288
7th and 8th grade: 793
9th grade: 457
10th grade: 866
11th grade: 1,021
12th grade, no diploma: 1,464
High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,533
Less than 1 year of college: 4,370
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,698
Associate degree: 3,414
Bachelor's degree: 10,418
Master's degree: 3,883
Professional school degree: 720
Doctorate degree: 265

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 4.7%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 11.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 11.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.5%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 6.4%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.8%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $55,854
Black householders: $54,614
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $48,207
Asian householders: $127,935
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $37,445
Some other race householders: $29,197
Two or more races householders: $71,222
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $30,813

Lakewood household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Lakewood household income for Black householders

Lakewood household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Lakewood household income for Asian householders

Lakewood household income for Some other race householders

Lakewood household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Lakewood marital status for males

Lakewood marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $244,342
Black or African American householders: $278,709
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $244,482
Asian householders: $266,974
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $132,718
Some other race householders: $233,864
Two or more races householders: $237,497
Hispanic or Latino householders: $238,195

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 31,670
One, attached: 6,827
Two: 913
3 or 4: 2,547
5 to 9: 5,096
10 to 19: 6,089
20 to 49: 5,486
50 or more: 3,313
Mobile homes: 472
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Median worth of mobile homes: $10,554

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lakewood:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (91%) Electricity (8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (68%) Electricity (29%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) 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): 1,589

Here:	11.0%
Colorado:	8.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 775

Here:	10.7%
Colorado:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,925

Here:	25.7%
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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