Derby vs Federal Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Derby and Federal Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Federal Heights has the higher population (14,160 vs 8,692 in Derby). Derby has the higher median household income ($78,696 vs $57,957 in Federal Heights). Derby has the higher median home value ($317,400 vs $91,300 in Federal Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Federal Heights
Population	8,692	14,160
Median age	33.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,696	$57,957
Median home value	$317,400	$91,300
Median gross rent	$1,721	$1,655
Housing units	2,611	5,403
Homeownership rate	66.8%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Federal Heights
Population	8,962 → 8,692 (-3.0%)	12,745 → 14,160 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$52,554 → $78,696 (+49.7%)	$45,395 → $57,957 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $317,400 (+69.3%)	$64,300 → $91,300 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,721 (+40.6%)	$1,206 → $1,655 (+37.2%)

Derby

Population

8,9628,692

Median household income

$52,554$78,696

Median home value

$187,500$317,400

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,721

Federal Heights

Population

12,74514,160

Median household income

$45,395$57,957

Median home value

$64,300$91,300

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby	Federal Heights
Under 5	5.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	9.9%
75 and over	1.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Federal Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	22.2%	28.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	75.3%	65.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Federal Heights
No high school diploma	40.8%	30.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Federal Heights
Drove alone	80.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	21.8%
Public transit	3.8%	2.3%
Walked	2.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Federal Heights
1-unit, detached	79.6%	17.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	18.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	46.8%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Federal Heights
Poverty rate	7.9%	20.8%
Average household size	3.41	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1958	1990