Centennial vs Cherry Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Centennial and Cherry Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Centennial and Cherry Creek are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centennial has the higher population (107,386 vs 11,011 in Cherry Creek). Cherry Creek has the higher median household income ($147,618 vs $128,167 in Centennial). Cherry Creek has the higher median home value ($856,800 vs $626,700 in Centennial).

Population, income & housing

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
Population	107,386	11,011
Median age	41.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$128,167	$147,618
Median home value	$626,700	$856,800
Median gross rent	$2,061	$1,974
Housing units	42,513	4,293
Homeownership rate	81.3%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.9%	75.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
Population	110,218 → 107,386 (-2.6%)	12,496 → 11,011 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$109,324 → $128,167 (+17.2%)	$110,988 → $147,618 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$433,800 → $626,700 (+44.5%)	$628,200 → $856,800 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,061 (+18.4%)	$1,617 → $1,974 (+22.1%)

Centennial

Population

110,218107,386

Median household income

$109,324$128,167

Median home value

$433,800$626,700

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,061

Cherry Creek

Population

12,49611,011

Median household income

$110,988$147,618

Median home value

$628,200$856,800

Median gross rent

$1,617$1,974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
Under 5	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	22.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	18.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.1%
75 and over	7.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	71.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	6.0%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	12.2%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	38.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
Drove alone	65.6%	65.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.9%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	24.7%	27.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
1-unit, detached	74.1%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	19.2%
20 or more units	8.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Centennial	Cherry Creek
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1982	1982