Cherry Creek vs Littleton

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

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

Littleton has the higher population (45,092 vs 11,011 in Cherry Creek). Cherry Creek has the higher median household income ($147,618 vs $96,611 in Littleton). Cherry Creek has the higher median home value ($856,800 vs $596,700 in Littleton).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
Population	11,011	45,092
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$147,618	$96,611
Median home value	$856,800	$596,700
Median gross rent	$1,974	$1,731
Housing units	4,293	21,506
Homeownership rate	77.3%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
Population	12,496 → 11,011 (-11.9%)	47,989 → 45,092 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$110,988 → $147,618 (+33.0%)	$76,015 → $96,611 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$628,200 → $856,800 (+36.4%)	$410,900 → $596,700 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,617 → $1,974 (+22.1%)	$1,286 → $1,731 (+34.6%)

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

Littleton

Population

47,98945,092

Median household income

$76,015$96,611

Median home value

$410,900$596,700

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
Under 5	3.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	18.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.2%
75 and over	3.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	10.3%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	7.0%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	38.0%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
Drove alone	65.0%	67.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.9%	2.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	27.0%	21.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
1-unit, detached	67.4%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	16.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	19.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Creek	Littleton
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1982	1981