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Denver, CO
Population: 557,766 |
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| Financial | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Median family income (per year) |
$51,492 | $76,893 |
| Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$45,649 | $68,109 |
| Sales tax | 7.60% | 6.55% |
| State income tax rate (highest bracket) |
4.63% | 6.46% |
| State income tax rate (lowest bracket) |
4.63% | 2.74% |
| Auto insurance premiums (Average for the state) |
$2,194 | $2,207 |
| Job growth % (2000-2005) |
-4.50% | 10.97% |
| Housing | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Median home price | $225,000 | $259,566 |
| Home price gain (2004-2005) |
7.10% | 9.26% |
| Education | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Colleges, universities and professional schools |
25 | 8 |
| Junior colleges and technical institutes |
3 | 0 |
| Test scores reading (% +/- state average) |
-33.0% | 13.3% |
| Test scores math (% +/- state average) |
-38.7% | 16.9% |
| % students attending public/private schools |
86.6/13.40 | 88.4/11.59 |
| Quality of life | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) |
76.4% | 71.9% |
| Personal crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
162 | 45 |
| Property crime risk (100 is nat'l average; lower is better) |
214 | 74 |
| Personal crime incidents (per 100,000) |
796 | 228 |
| Property crime incidents (per 100,000) |
5,402 | 3,105 |
| Median commute time (in minutes) |
21.2 | 20.8 |
| % population with commute 45 mins. or longer |
11.6% | 13.4% |
| Leisure and culture | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Movie theaters (within 15 miles) |
51 | 22 |
| Restaurants (within 15 miles) |
4,581 | 2,268 |
| Bars (within 15 miles) |
360 | 127 |
| Public golf courses (within 30 miles) |
84 | 74 |
| Libraries (within 15 miles) |
98 | 43 |
| Museums (accredited by AAM within 30 miles) |
6 | 7 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) | 11 | 10 |
| Weather | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Annual precipitation (inches) |
15.81 | 36.00 |
| Clear days | 115 | 107 |
| High temp in July ° F | 88.0° | 87.7° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F | 15.2° | 23.5° |
| Health* | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Has health plan (% of residents) |
84.6% | 88.2% |
| Body mass index (avg. for residents) |
26 | 27 |
| Cancer mortality (per 100,000, age-adjusted) |
159.3 | 191.3 |
| Cardiac mortality (per 100,000) |
186.7 | 202.0 |
| Meet the neighbors | ||
| City stats | Best places average | |
| Median age | 33.8 | 34.5 |
| Completed at least some college (% of residents) |
65.3% | 63.9% |
| Married | 38.0% | 54.3% |
| Divorced | 12.9% | 9.3% |
| Amount spent on vacations (domestic and foreign, household avg. per year) |
$6,451 | $7,549 |
