Boulder vs Longmont

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder and Longmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boulder has the higher population (106,274 vs 98,958 in Longmont). Longmont has the higher median household income ($89,724 vs $85,364 in Boulder). Boulder has the higher median home value ($982,600 vs $541,400 in Longmont).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder	Longmont
Population	106,274	98,958
Median age	28.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,364	$89,724
Median home value	$982,600	$541,400
Median gross rent	$1,924	$1,755
Housing units	46,765	42,435
Homeownership rate	47.9%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder	Longmont
Population	106,392 → 106,274 (-0.1%)	94,445 → 98,958 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$69,520 → $85,364 (+22.8%)	$74,242 → $89,724 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$700,000 → $982,600 (+40.4%)	$362,500 → $541,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,554 → $1,924 (+23.8%)	$1,340 → $1,755 (+31.0%)

Boulder

Population

106,392106,274

Median household income

$69,520$85,364

Median home value

$700,000$982,600

Median gross rent

$1,554$1,924

Longmont

Population

94,44598,958

Median household income

$74,242$89,724

Median home value

$362,500$541,400

Median gross rent

$1,340$1,755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder	Longmont
Under 5	2.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	31.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.6%
75 and over	5.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder	Longmont
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	67.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	5.7%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder	Longmont
No high school diploma	3.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	6.4%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.9%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder	Longmont
Drove alone	41.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.6%
Public transit	5.9%	1.9%
Walked	8.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	7.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	31.6%	19.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder	Longmont
1-unit, detached	39.2%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	13.4%
20 or more units	24.2%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Boulder	Longmont
Poverty rate	21.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1978	1990