Derby vs Shaw Heights

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

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

Derby has the higher population (8,692 vs 5,309 in Shaw Heights). Shaw Heights has the higher median household income ($89,125 vs $78,696 in Derby). Shaw Heights has the higher median home value ($452,700 vs $317,400 in Derby).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Shaw Heights
Population	8,692	5,309
Median age	33.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,696	$89,125
Median home value	$317,400	$452,700
Median gross rent	$1,721	$1,986
Housing units	2,611	1,697
Homeownership rate	66.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Shaw Heights
Population	8,962 → 8,692 (-3.0%)	5,529 → 5,309 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$52,554 → $78,696 (+49.7%)	$68,333 → $89,125 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $317,400 (+69.3%)	$290,600 → $452,700 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,721 (+40.6%)	$1,540 → $1,986 (+29.0%)

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

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)

	Derby	Shaw Heights
Under 5	5.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	18.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	5.9%
75 and over	1.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Shaw Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	22.2%	47.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	75.3%	46.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Shaw Heights
No high school diploma	40.8%	23.4%
High school graduate	27.4%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Shaw Heights
Drove alone	80.6%	65.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.1%
Public transit	3.8%	2.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	20.3%
Other means	0.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Shaw Heights
1-unit, detached	79.6%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Shaw Heights
Poverty rate	7.9%	7.4%
Average household size	3.41	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1958	1968