Zip Code 80840 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 80840 was $93,889. An estimated 4.2% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 4.8% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 96.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 17.4 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $20,590. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 17.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 29.1% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 8.2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 8.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 3.6 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 37.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 33.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 0% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 80840 in 2019-2023, 97.8% had health insurance coverage and 2.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 95.5% and public coverage was 14.1%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 1.4%.

In 2019-2023, 80840 had a total population of 6,701 - 2,271 (33.9%) females and 4,430 (66.1%) males. The median age was 20.9 years. An estimated 14.5% of the population was under 18 years, 59.1% was 19 to 44 years, 4.2% was 45 to 64 years, and 0.9 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 672 households in 80840. The average household size was 3.36 people.

Married-couple households made up 76.6% of the households in 80840 while cohabiting couple households made up 1.5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 12.6% of all households, while 9.2% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 4.9% of households were male householders living alone, and 3.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 8.6% of all households.

In 80840, 63.5% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 7.1% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 97.8% of the people living in 80840 were U.S. natives. 7.1% of the 80840 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2.2% of 80840 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 55.8% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 68 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 80840 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for 80840.

Among people at least five years old living in 80840 in 2019-2023, 5.4 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 2.8% of people at least five years old; 1% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 73.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 80840 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 98.2 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 35.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 1.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 80840 was 4,980 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 49 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 605. College or graduate school enrollment was 4,326.

In 80840, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 5 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 0.5% of people under 18 years old, to 8% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 32.8% of those 65 and over.

In 80840, 10.5 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 7% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 69.9% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 27.5% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 2.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 80840 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 18.6% of 80840 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 2.5% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 11.7 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 80840 had a total of 681 housing units. Of these housing units, 92.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 7.7% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

6.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 0.6% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 80840 was 6.4 rooms, and of these housing units 94.2% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 80840 had 672 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 9 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 0% while renters occupied 100%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was NaN and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.36.

31.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 0% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 2.1% and another 17.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 80840:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 80840 was NaN.

Of the owner-occupied households, NaN % had a mortgage. NaN% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $NaN and for owners without a mortgage it was $NaN.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 80840 was $2,223. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.