Arvada vs Ken Caryl

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

Arvada and Ken Caryl 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 33,407 in Ken Caryl). Ken Caryl has the higher median household income ($116,838 vs $113,396 in Arvada). Arvada has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $565,700 in Ken Caryl).

Population, income & housing

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
Population	122,835	33,407
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,396	$116,838
Median home value	$600,800	$565,700
Median gross rent	$1,802	$1,950
Housing units	51,655	13,844
Homeownership rate	74.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
Population	118,746 → 122,835 (+3.4%)	34,040 → 33,407 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $113,396 (+33.9%)	$93,856 → $116,838 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$384,500 → $600,800 (+56.3%)	$370,600 → $565,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,802 (+32.7%)	$1,552 → $1,950 (+25.6%)

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

Ken Caryl

Population

34,04033,407

Median household income

$93,856$116,838

Median home value

$370,600$565,700

Median gross rent

$1,552$1,950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.0%
75 and over	6.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	20.6%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
Drove alone	69.2%	65.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.0%
Public transit	1.7%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	21.9%	23.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
1-unit, detached	70.3%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	8.1%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Arvada	Ken Caryl
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1979	1987