Derby vs Twin Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Derby and Twin Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Derby and Twin Lakes 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 8,279 in Twin Lakes). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($93,818 vs $78,696 in Derby). Twin Lakes has the higher median home value ($526,700 vs $317,400 in Derby).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Twin Lakes
Population	8,692	8,279
Median age	33.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,696	$93,818
Median home value	$317,400	$526,700
Median gross rent	$1,721	$1,608
Housing units	2,611	3,282
Homeownership rate	66.8%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Twin Lakes
Population	8,962 → 8,692 (-3.0%)	8,196 → 8,279 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$52,554 → $78,696 (+49.7%)	$69,116 → $93,818 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $317,400 (+69.3%)	$306,400 → $526,700 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,721 (+40.6%)	$1,096 → $1,608 (+46.7%)

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

Twin Lakes

Population

8,1968,279

Median household income

$69,116$93,818

Median home value

$306,400$526,700

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby	Twin Lakes
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	18.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	20.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	7.8%
75 and over	1.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	22.2%	40.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	75.3%	52.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	40.8%	18.5%
High school graduate	27.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	80.6%	66.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	14.4%
Public transit	3.8%	1.1%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	14.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	79.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.5%
Average household size	3.41	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1958	1976