Shaw Heights vs Watkins

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

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

Shaw Heights has the higher population (5,309 vs 1,087 in Watkins). Watkins has the higher median household income ($157,321 vs $89,125 in Shaw Heights). Watkins has the higher median home value ($725,900 vs $452,700 in Shaw Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
Population	5,309	1,087
Median age	34.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,125	$157,321
Median home value	$452,700	$725,900
Median gross rent	$1,986	—
Housing units	1,697	383
Homeownership rate	80.6%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
Population	5,529 → 5,309 (-4.0%)	670 → 1,087 (+62.2%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $89,125 (+30.4%)	$117,656 → $157,321 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$290,600 → $452,700 (+55.8%)	$504,000 → $725,900 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,540 → $1,986 (+29.0%)	—

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

Watkins

Population

6701,087

Median household income

$117,656$157,321

Median home value

$504,000$725,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
Under 5	8.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	17.1%
35 to 44	18.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	18.8%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	67.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	46.4%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
No high school diploma	23.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	26.9%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
Drove alone	65.4%	91.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.1%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	6.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
1-unit, detached	88.0%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Shaw Heights	Watkins
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.6%
Average household size	3.30	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1968	2001