Arvada vs Dakota Ridge

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

Arvada and Dakota Ridge 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 34,159 in Dakota Ridge). Dakota Ridge has the higher median household income ($120,368 vs $113,396 in Arvada). Arvada has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $570,400 in Dakota Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
Population	122,835	34,159
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,396	$120,368
Median home value	$600,800	$570,400
Median gross rent	$1,802	$2,103
Housing units	51,655	13,488
Homeownership rate	74.9%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
Population	118,746 → 122,835 (+3.4%)	34,659 → 34,159 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $113,396 (+33.9%)	$100,438 → $120,368 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$384,500 → $600,800 (+56.3%)	$373,400 → $570,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,802 (+32.7%)	$1,626 → $2,103 (+29.3%)

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

Dakota Ridge

Population

34,65934,159

Median household income

$100,438$120,368

Median home value

$373,400$570,400

Median gross rent

$1,626$2,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.8%
75 and over	6.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	20.6%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
Drove alone	69.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.4%
Public transit	1.7%	1.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.9%	20.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	8.1%
20 or more units	8.1%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Arvada	Dakota Ridge
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1979	1988