Arvada.
Colorado·
Neighborhoods
POPMEDIAN
Colorado·
Colorado
Foundation
Daily Life
Money & Work
Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
Colorado·Jefferson County
33 tracts·115K people·$633K median·2,943/mi²
White 76 · Hispanic 16 · Multiracial 4 · Asian 3 · Black 1 · Other 0
Married couple 54 · Living alone 24 · Other 22
Retail 24 · Professional 23 · Manufacturing 23 · Leisure 13 · Health 13 · Public admin 1 · Other 4
Management · business · science · arts 54 · Sales · office 19 · Service 13 · Production · transport 7 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 67 · Work from home 24 · Carpool 9 · Transit 1 · Walk 1 · Bike 0
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
Showing up to 10 schools per level · School assignment depends on the exact address; open a neighborhood or address report to see your assigned schools.
The median home value in Arvada is $632,600 (Census ACS) — 1.4× the US median of $458,812.
Arvada has 122,634 residents across 29 census tracts and 20 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 40.0; the population is 76.0% White, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% Multiracial, 2.6% Asian, 1.0% Black and 0.5% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 51.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 5.8% (Census ACS).
Meiklejohn Elementary (72%), West Woods Elementary School (72%) and Sierra Elementary School (63%) lead the elementary schools; Oberon Middle School (48%) and North Arvada Middle School (26%) lead the middle schools; Early College of Arvada is the high school with reported scores (13%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,888/month, 20% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Arvada is $117,348 a year, 36% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Arvada, median rent is $1,888/month and the median home value is $632,600 (Census ACS).
Arvada reported 2.1 violent crimes and 26.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 88°F; winter lows average 20°F; there are 46 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 17 inches; snowfall averages 76 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Arvada are hail (96), winter weather (70) and cold wave (64), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.15g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Arvada scores 12.5 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 1% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).