Federal Heights vs Twin Lakes

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

Federal Heights and Twin Lakes 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 8,279 in Twin Lakes). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($93,818 vs $57,957 in Federal Heights). Twin Lakes has the higher median home value ($526,700 vs $91,300 in Federal Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
Population	14,160	8,279
Median age	32.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,957	$93,818
Median home value	$91,300	$526,700
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,608
Housing units	5,403	3,282
Homeownership rate	58.7%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
Population	12,745 → 14,160 (+11.1%)	8,196 → 8,279 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$45,395 → $57,957 (+27.7%)	$69,116 → $93,818 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $91,300 (+42.0%)	$306,400 → $526,700 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,655 (+37.2%)	$1,096 → $1,608 (+46.7%)

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

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)

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
Under 5	9.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	20.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.8%
75 and over	2.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	40.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	52.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	30.4%	18.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	69.9%	66.5%
Carpooled	21.8%	14.4%
Public transit	2.3%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	17.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	11.8%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	46.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Federal Heights	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	20.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1990	1976