Dacono vs Severance

A side-by-side comparison of Dacono and Severance: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Severance has the higher population (9,302 vs 6,419 in Dacono). Severance has the higher median household income ($127,257 vs $99,389 in Dacono). Severance has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $448,200 in Dacono).

Population, income & housing

	Dacono	Severance
Population	6,419	9,302
Median age	32.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$99,389	$127,257
Median home value	$448,200	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,823	$2,108
Housing units	2,295	3,190
Homeownership rate	81.8%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.7%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dacono	Severance
Population	5,534 → 6,419 (+16.0%)	4,745 → 9,302 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$67,292 → $99,389 (+47.7%)	$106,141 → $127,257 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$266,100 → $448,200 (+68.4%)	$362,500 → $493,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,823 (+56.5%)	$1,163 → $2,108 (+81.3%)

Dacono

Population

5,5346,419

Median household income

$67,292$99,389

Median home value

$266,100$448,200

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,823

Severance

Population

4,7459,302

Median household income

$106,141$127,257

Median home value

$362,500$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dacono	Severance
Under 5	9.3%	10.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	18.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.3%
75 and over	1.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dacono	Severance
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dacono	Severance
No high school diploma	15.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	23.9%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dacono	Severance
Drove alone	70.1%	67.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	21.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dacono	Severance
1-unit, detached	74.3%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dacono	Severance
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	2010	2012