Shaw Heights vs Twin Lakes

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

Shaw 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.

Twin Lakes has the higher population (8,279 vs 5,309 in Shaw Heights). Twin Lakes has the higher median household income ($93,818 vs $89,125 in Shaw Heights). Twin Lakes has the higher median home value ($526,700 vs $452,700 in Shaw Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
Population	5,309	8,279
Median age	34.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,125	$93,818
Median home value	$452,700	$526,700
Median gross rent	$1,986	$1,608
Housing units	1,697	3,282
Homeownership rate	80.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
Population	5,529 → 5,309 (-4.0%)	8,196 → 8,279 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $89,125 (+30.4%)	$69,116 → $93,818 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$290,600 → $452,700 (+55.8%)	$306,400 → $526,700 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,540 → $1,986 (+29.0%)	$1,096 → $1,608 (+46.7%)

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

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)

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
Under 5	8.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	20.6%
45 to 54	6.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.8%
75 and over	6.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	40.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	46.4%	52.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
No high school diploma	23.4%	18.5%
High school graduate	26.9%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
Drove alone	65.4%	66.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.4%
Public transit	2.1%	1.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	14.1%
Other means	2.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
1-unit, detached	88.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shaw Heights	Twin Lakes
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.5%
Average household size	3.30	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1968	1976