Arvada vs Columbine

A side-by-side comparison of Arvada and Columbine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arvada has the higher population (122,835 vs 25,681 in Columbine). Columbine has the higher median household income ($129,480 vs $113,396 in Arvada). Arvada has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $590,600 in Columbine).

Population, income & housing

	Arvada	Columbine
Population	122,835	25,681
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,396	$129,480
Median home value	$600,800	$590,600
Median gross rent	$1,802	$2,391
Housing units	51,655	9,849
Homeownership rate	74.9%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arvada	Columbine
Population	118,746 → 122,835 (+3.4%)	25,332 → 25,681 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $113,396 (+33.9%)	$101,731 → $129,480 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$384,500 → $600,800 (+56.3%)	$402,700 → $590,600 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,802 (+32.7%)	$1,871 → $2,391 (+27.8%)

Arvada

Population

118,746122,835

Median household income

$84,717$113,396

Median home value

$384,500$600,800

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,802

Columbine

Population

25,33225,681

Median household income

$101,731$129,480

Median home value

$402,700$590,600

Median gross rent

$1,871$2,391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arvada	Columbine
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.4%
75 and over	6.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arvada	Columbine
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arvada	Columbine
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	20.6%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arvada	Columbine
Drove alone	69.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.6%
Public transit	1.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.9%	20.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arvada	Columbine
1-unit, detached	70.3%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	4.5%
20 or more units	8.1%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Arvada	Columbine
Poverty rate	6.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1979	1976