Housing density: 1,629 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $791,224.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,850 (lower quartile is $1,383, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $6,181
Median gross rent in Arvada, CO in 2022: $1,885
Housing units in Arvada with a mortgage: 26,041 (3,286 second mortgage, 116 home equity loan, 3,021 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 470
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $145,444
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $86,541
17,654 married couples with children.
4,682 single-parent households (547 men, 4,135 women).
90.5% of residents of Arvada speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 7,252 (6.0%)
(67.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 62.0% Number of people working at home: 16,683 (24.1% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 720
5 to 9 minutes: 4,908
10 to 14 minutes: 5,087
15 to 19 minutes: 7,666
20 to 24 minutes: 9,564
25 to 29 minutes: 3,487
30 to 34 minutes: 6,965
35 to 39 minutes: 2,242
40 to 44 minutes: 2,416
45 to 59 minutes: 4,941
60 to 89 minutes: 1,858
90 or more minutes: 629
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 25,720 (55.9%)
Carpooled: 2,847 (6.2%)
Bus: 373 (0.8%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 11 (0.0%)
Taxi: 593 (1.3%)
Bicycle: 165 (0.4%)
Walked: 622 (1.4%)
Worked at home: 16,683 (36.2%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
1.9%Males
2.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
18.6%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
4.4%Males
1.1%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
16.9%Males
7.9%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
3.4%Males
2.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
11.3%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Arvada, Colorado
1,2062010 or later
1,7872000 to 2009
1,5161990 to 1999
9521980 to 1989
8531970 to 1979
923Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 7,692 (15.2%)
English: 4,593 (9.1%)
American: 3,322 (6.6%)
Irish: 3,300 (6.5%)
Italian: 2,934 (5.8%)
European: 2,141 (4.2%)
Norwegian: 1,051 (2.1%)
Polish: 957 (1.9%)
Scottish: 926 (1.8%)
Swedish: 840 (1.7%)
Dutch: 573 (1.1%)
French: 542 (1.1%)
Ukrainian: 391 (0.8%)
Czech: 365 (0.7%)
British: 332 (0.7%)
Russian: 320 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 295 (0.6%)
Welsh: 278 (0.5%)
Eastern European: 230 (0.5%)
Danish: 225 (0.4%)
Northern European: 181 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 181 (0.4%)
Scandinavian: 131 (0.3%)
African: 130 (0.3%)
Afghan: 124 (0.2%)
Croatian: 122 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 103 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 101 (0.2%)
Slavic: 96 (0.2%)
Iranian: 96 (0.2%)
Ethiopian: 91 (0.2%)
Finnish: 91 (0.2%)
Canadian: 81 (0.2%)
Yugoslavian: 69 (0.1%)
Romanian: 67 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 58 (0.1%)
Belgian: 56 (0.1%)
Austrian: 54 (0.1%)
Swiss: 49 (0.10%)
Greek: 38 (0.08%)
Serbian: 38 (0.08%)
South African: 34 (0.07%)
Armenian: 30 (0.06%)
Pennsylvania German: 30 (0.06%)
Turkish: 30 (0.06%)
Jamaican: 26 (0.05%)
New Zealander: 22 (0.04%)
Lebanese: 22 (0.04%)
Syrian: 21 (0.04%)
Slovene: 20 (0.04%)
Celtic: 17 (0.03%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.03%)
Slovak: 17 (0.03%)
Bulgarian: 16 (0.03%)
Moroccan: 15 (0.03%)
Czechoslovakian: 13 (0.03%)
Egyptian: 11 (0.02%)
Australian: 10 (0.02%)
Latvian: 9 (0.02%)
Basque: 9 (0.02%)
Icelander: 8 (0.02%)
Arab: 5 (0.01%)
Jordanian: 5 (0.01%)
Macedonian: 4 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Arvada:
18.7% (1,211)
Colorado:
38.3% (209,491)
India
Arvada:
5.5% (356)
Colorado:
4.0% (21,689)
Ukraine
Arvada:
5.0% (324)
Colorado:
0.8% (4,267)
Germany
Arvada:
4.8% (309)
Colorado:
2.5% (13,706)
Canada
Arvada:
4.5% (290)
Colorado:
2.7% (15,026)
Poland
Arvada:
3.7% (241)
Colorado:
0.9% (4,772)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Arvada:
3.7% (238)
Colorado:
3.3% (17,998)
Philippines
Arvada:
3.7% (238)
Colorado:
2.3% (12,342)
Korea
Arvada:
3.2% (206)
Colorado:
2.9% (15,981)
Vietnam
Arvada:
3.0% (193)
Colorado:
3.0% (16,616)
Russia
Arvada:
2.7% (177)
Colorado:
1.4% (7,860)
Nepal
Arvada:
2.6% (169)
Colorado:
1.0% (5,214)
Ethiopia
Arvada:
2.2% (144)
Colorado:
1.9% (10,372)
Jordan
Arvada:
2.1% (138)
Colorado:
0.1% (792)
Afghanistan
Arvada:
1.8% (118)
Colorado:
0.3% (1,730)
Other Eastern Europe
Arvada:
1.7% (113)
Colorado:
0.4% (1,985)
England
Arvada:
1.7% (110)
Colorado:
1.2% (6,672)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Arvada:
1.7% (110)
Colorado:
0.3% (1,849)
El Salvador
Arvada:
1.7% (108)
Colorado:
2.2% (12,150)
Brazil
Arvada:
1.6% (102)
Colorado:
1.0% (5,365)
Iran
Arvada:
1.5% (98)
Colorado:
0.7% (3,568)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 55,932
Other state: 56,370
Northeast: 9,801
Midwest: 22,270
South: 13,011
West: 11,288
87.4% of Arvada residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 29.4% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 61.3% lived in Colorado.
Arvada:
87.4%
State average:
83.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 205
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 204
9th grade: 166
10th grade: 83
11th grade: 687
12th grade, no diploma: 878
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,927
Less than 1 year of college: 2,186
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,397
Associate degree: 3,335
Bachelor's degree: 15,266
Master's degree: 6,250
Professional school degree: 1,121
Doctorate degree: 673
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 453
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 107
9th grade: 235
10th grade: 438
11th grade: 133
12th grade, no diploma: 443
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,154
Less than 1 year of college: 2,440
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,265
Associate degree: 2,851
Bachelor's degree: 15,617
Master's degree: 7,607
Professional school degree: 651
Doctorate degree: 999
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 38,133
One, attached: 3,657
Two: 454
3 or 4: 1,439
5 to 9: 1,889
10 to 19: 3,945
20 to 49: 1,421
50 or more: 2,174
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 76
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 1.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.7%