Berkley vs Shaw Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Berkley and Shaw Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Berkley and Shaw Heights are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berkley has the higher population (10,838 vs 5,309 in Shaw Heights). Shaw Heights has the higher median household income ($89,125 vs $76,232 in Berkley). Berkley has the higher median home value ($453,600 vs $452,700 in Shaw Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
Population	10,838	5,309
Median age	35.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,232	$89,125
Median home value	$453,600	$452,700
Median gross rent	$1,709	$1,986
Housing units	4,277	1,697
Homeownership rate	64.7%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
Population	11,879 → 10,838 (-8.8%)	5,529 → 5,309 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$61,788 → $76,232 (+23.4%)	$68,333 → $89,125 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$288,400 → $453,600 (+57.3%)	$290,600 → $452,700 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,251 → $1,709 (+36.6%)	$1,540 → $1,986 (+29.0%)

Berkley

Population

11,87910,838

Median household income

$61,788$76,232

Median home value

$288,400$453,600

Median gross rent

$1,251$1,709

Shaw Heights

Population

5,5295,309

Median household income

$68,333$89,125

Median home value

$290,600$452,700

Median gross rent

$1,540$1,986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
Under 5	4.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	13.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	18.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	5.9%
75 and over	5.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	47.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	56.0%	46.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
No high school diploma	18.8%	23.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
Drove alone	76.9%	65.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.1%
Public transit	0.5%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	20.3%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
1-unit, detached	56.8%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Berkley	Shaw Heights
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.66	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1977	1968