Nederland vs Niwot

A side-by-side comparison of Nederland and Niwot: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niwot has the higher population (3,773 vs 1,523 in Nederland). Niwot has the higher median household income ($141,621 vs $103,452 in Nederland). Niwot has the higher median home value ($868,400 vs $631,100 in Nederland).

Population, income & housing

	Nederland	Niwot
Population	1,523	3,773
Median age	46.4 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$103,452	$141,621
Median home value	$631,100	$868,400
Median gross rent	$1,469	$1,395
Housing units	691	1,577
Homeownership rate	69.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.0%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nederland	Niwot
Population	1,336 → 1,523 (+14.0%)	3,870 → 3,773 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$61,161 → $103,452 (+69.1%)	$118,914 → $141,621 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$431,500 → $631,100 (+46.3%)	$677,600 → $868,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,469 (+25.8%)	$1,122 → $1,395 (+24.3%)

Nederland

Population

1,3361,523

Median household income

$61,161$103,452

Median home value

$431,500$631,100

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,469

Niwot

Population

3,8703,773

Median household income

$118,914$141,621

Median home value

$677,600$868,400

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nederland	Niwot
Under 5	10.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	3.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	25.8%	24.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	15.8%
75 and over	0.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nederland	Niwot
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nederland	Niwot
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	19.0%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nederland	Niwot
Drove alone	41.9%	64.2%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.9%
Public transit	1.2%	1.6%
Walked	7.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.1%	28.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nederland	Niwot
1-unit, detached	90.3%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Nederland	Niwot
Poverty rate	2.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1976	1981