Twin Lakes vs Watkins

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

Twin Lakes and Watkins 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 1,087 in Watkins). Watkins has the higher median household income ($157,321 vs $93,818 in Twin Lakes). Watkins has the higher median home value ($725,900 vs $526,700 in Twin Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
Population	8,279	1,087
Median age	38.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$93,818	$157,321
Median home value	$526,700	$725,900
Median gross rent	$1,608	—
Housing units	3,282	383
Homeownership rate	71.6%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
Population	8,196 → 8,279 (+1.0%)	670 → 1,087 (+62.2%)
Median household income	$69,116 → $93,818 (+35.7%)	$117,656 → $157,321 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$306,400 → $526,700 (+71.9%)	$504,000 → $725,900 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,608 (+46.7%)	—

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

Watkins

Population

6701,087

Median household income

$117,656$157,321

Median home value

$504,000$725,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
Under 5	7.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	18.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	20.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	18.8%
75 and over	4.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	52.1%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
No high school diploma	18.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	25.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
Drove alone	66.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	1.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	6.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
1-unit, detached	78.1%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Twin Lakes	Watkins
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1976	2001