Arapahoe County, Colorado

Arapahoe County has a population of 659,844 and has grown 2.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $561,200, about 5.5 times the county's median household income of $101,087.

Home price
$561,200
Income
$101,087
Population
659,844
Unemployment
5.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$561,200county
Median gross rent$1,891county
Median year homes here were built1986county
Share of homes built before 198038.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented35.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,821county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,089county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,754county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,734county
Home insurance / yr$4,963(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.7(statewide)
Median household income$101,087county
Family health premium / yr$24,974(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$21,840(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.998(statewide)
Poverty rate8.6%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home21.0%county
Unemployment rate5.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force71.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.4%county
Share of workers employed by government12.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.2%county
Economic output per resident$101,050county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.52%county
Top state income tax4.40%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.40%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.89%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time27.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service17 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport40012895county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station11 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.3%county
Traffic deaths19.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-0.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher46.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.9%county
Public schools in the county160county
Public school enrollment104980county
Students per full-time teacher17.2county
Free lunch eligible50.0%county
Elementary schools99county
Middle schools22county
High schools22county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above5county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions4county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians83county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county4county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter5.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.3%county
Frequent mental distress16.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity17.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population659,844county
Land area in square miles798county
People per square mile of land827.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores91county
Convenience stores45county
Share living far from a food store18.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.3%county
Population change since 2020+2.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents7county
Median age37.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.4%county
Share of households that are one person27.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States16.5%county
Second languages23.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls34.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents54county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-15county
Households that moved in30,858county
Households that moved away32,659county
Average income of arriving households$75,959county
Average income of departing households$86,559county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes13county
Housing units authorised in the latest year3,599county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings51.8%county
Violent crime rate476(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature51.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation16.4 incounty
Annual snowfall34.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.84 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F43 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing150 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days157 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$135county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh15.1¢county
Household electricity use880 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$12.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity31.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas65.4%county
Homes heated by propane1.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband94.7%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk92.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk44.6county
Landslide risk50.5county
Hail risk99.8county
Earthquake risk85.5county
Tornado risk97.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk68.6county
Winter weather risk91.1county
Strong wind risk95.1county
Wildfire risk84.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Arapahoe County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Colorado figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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