County profile

Denver, CO

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Denver is a consolidated city and county, sitting where the plains meet the Front Range. The city started a buffalo preserve at Genesee Park in 1914, fencing it with iron pipes from scrapped locomotives. When Interstate 70 was later cut through the park, an underpass was put in so the animals could still reach their grazing. A median home costs $637K against an $88K household income, and an owner lives in only half the homes.

High School Graduation Rate: 73%¹: 73% of students graduate high school, a lower share than in 97% of counties, while 35% of residents hold a bachelor's degree. A technical college for adults has run here since 1916. <97% of 2,645 counties
Mountains: 2,940'⁸: 2,940 feet of elevation change nearby, and only 10 counties in the country have more. The city has held mountain parkland in Jefferson County since 1912, and Genesee Park is the largest piece of it. >99% of 3,143 counties
Home Ownership Rate: 50%: An owner lives in 50% of the homes here, a smaller share than in 98% of counties. One local land trust sells the house and keeps the land under it, so the discount stays with the house. <98% of 3,143 counties
Air Quality: 10.0¹: Fine particulate matter here measures 10.0, higher than in 96% of counties. Since 7 November 2023 every pump in this county and six neighbouring ones has had to sell reformulated gasoline. >96% of 3,116 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $637K⁴: A median home costs $637K where a typical household earns $88K a year. The city's housing authority houses very low, low and middle income residents alike. >97% of 3,143 counties

When Steve Ells opened the first Chipotle Mexican Grill near the University of Denver, he and his father figured that it would have to sell 107 burritos a day to be profitable. In a month's time, the store was selling over ten times that amount.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Unlimited)
ACT/SAT Scores: #17
Air Quality: 9.5
Alcohol Regulation: #37
All Occupations: $75K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.4%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.1%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 33m
Any Natural Disaster: High³
Architecture & Engineering: $103K¹⁰
Art Museums: 7
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $72K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑2.2%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑1.4%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 32.3⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 50+
Bike Score: 72
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-0.1%
Boating: 36
Broadband Internet: 87%
Buddhists: ↑1.8%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $40K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $88K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 53%
Catholics: ↑12.8%⁷
City Population: 716K
Climate Change Risk: 2.2
Coastal Flooding: none³
Cold Wave: High³
Community & Social Service: $57K¹⁰
Commute Time: 27
Computer & Mathematical: $117K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $57K¹⁰
County Population: 711K
Cuisine Diversity: 51
Cycling: 50+
Dentists: 7.6
Dog Friendly Rentals: 67%
Drought: none³
Earthquakes: Low³
Education, Training, & Library: $58K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 35%
Elevation: 5,525'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-6.3%
Farmers Markets: 14
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $41K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Financial Relocation Incentives: $8,000
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 220
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $37K¹⁰
Forests: 0%
Freshwater Access: 256
Gluten-Free Options: 22
Golf: 69
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Illegal
Hail: Very High³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $100K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $40K¹⁰
Heat Wave: none³
High School Graduation Rate: 67%
Hiking: 356
Hindus: ↓-0.0%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑19.9%
History Museums: 3
Home Ownership Rate: 50%
Homelessness: 171
Homicide Rate: 6¹
Hospitals: 6
Hurricanes: none³
Ice Storms: Low³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑0.9%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $60K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 5 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.7%⁷
Jews: ↑1.8%⁷
Landslide: Very Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-0.6%⁷
Legal: $131K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 80¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $88K¹⁰
Lightning: High³
Live Music: 62
Major Airport: 0h 33m
Major City Proximity: Major City
Major League Baseball: 0h 05m
Major League Soccer: 0h 18m
Management: $149K¹⁰
Median Age: 35 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $637K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,922
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $2,299
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $3,002
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $3,360
Median Rental - Room: $1,129
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,649⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $1,760
Mental Health Providers: 59.2
Meth Labs: 0
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 7h 03m
Mountains: 2,940'
Multiracials: ↑0.9%
Muslims: ↑0.3%⁷
National Parks: 1h 43m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: 0.0%
NBA Basketball: 0h 04m
NFL Football: 0h 07m
NHL Hockey: 0h 04m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑15.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 17%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $49K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑1.1%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 89%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↓-0.1%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-2.9%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑5.7%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑8.3%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑1.7%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-3.3%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-4.1%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-3.4%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-1.8%
Performing Arts: 1
Personal Care & Service: $42K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 89% Dems
Population Density: 4,674
Population Growth: ↓-0.9%
Poverty Rate: 12.4%
Primary Care Physicians: 13.9¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #19
Production: $48K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 3,744
Property Tax: 0.56%
Protective Service: $58K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-16.9%⁷
Rain: 15"
Regional Theatre: 2
River Flooding: Low³
Sales & Related: $61K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 8.8%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.5%
Scenic Beauty: #5
Seasons: 45 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↑3.2%
Skiing: 0h 22m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 33m
Smokers: 15%¹
Snow: 67"
Spanish Speakers: ↑12.6%
State Income Tax: 4.6%
Strong Wind: Low³
Summer Heat: 88 °F
Summer Mugginess: none
Sunny Days: 245
Termite Infestation: Light
Tobacco Regulation: #14
Top School Rating: 95.3⁶
Tornadoes: Very High³
Traffic: 2.14M
Transit Score: 45
Transportation & Material Moving: $49K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $106K⁵
Typical Expenses: $53K⁵
Typical Expenses: $164K⁵
Typical Expenses: $86K⁵
Typical Expenses: $107K⁵
Typical Expenses: $72K⁵
Typical Expenses: $98K⁵
Typical Expenses: $126K⁵
Typical Expenses: $96K⁵
Typical Expenses: $136K⁵
Typical Expenses: $162K⁵
Typical Expenses: $72K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 8.2%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 50+
Violent Crime Rate: 631²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 61
Water Quality: 2/4
Whites: ↓-21.6%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 19 mph
Wineries: 5
Winter Cold: 43 °F
Winter Weather: Medium³

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