Golden vs Ken Caryl

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

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

Ken Caryl has the higher population (33,407 vs 20,467 in Golden). Ken Caryl has the higher median household income ($116,838 vs $95,913 in Golden). Golden has the higher median home value ($790,500 vs $565,700 in Ken Caryl).

Population, income & housing

	Golden	Ken Caryl
Population	20,467	33,407
Median age	35.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,913	$116,838
Median home value	$790,500	$565,700
Median gross rent	$1,854	$1,950
Housing units	8,108	13,844
Homeownership rate	58.8%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.0%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden	Ken Caryl
Population	20,693 → 20,467 (-1.1%)	34,040 → 33,407 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$72,349 → $95,913 (+32.6%)	$93,856 → $116,838 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$522,200 → $790,500 (+51.4%)	$370,600 → $565,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,386 → $1,854 (+33.8%)	$1,552 → $1,950 (+25.6%)

Golden

Population

20,69320,467

Median household income

$72,349$95,913

Median home value

$522,200$790,500

Median gross rent

$1,386$1,854

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)

	Golden	Ken Caryl
Under 5	2.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	20.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.0%
75 and over	5.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden	Ken Caryl
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	80.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden	Ken Caryl
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	17.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden	Ken Caryl
Drove alone	52.5%	65.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	6.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	1.2%
Worked from home	28.3%	23.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden	Ken Caryl
1-unit, detached	48.9%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	10.4%
20 or more units	16.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Golden	Ken Caryl
Poverty rate	13.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1986	1987