Firestone vs Frederick

A side-by-side comparison of Firestone and Frederick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Firestone has the higher population (17,353 vs 15,893 in Frederick). Frederick has the higher median household income ($135,316 vs $114,591 in Firestone). Frederick has the higher median home value ($529,800 vs $511,800 in Firestone).

Population, income & housing

	Firestone	Frederick
Population	17,353	15,893
Median age	35.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,591	$135,316
Median home value	$511,800	$529,800
Median gross rent	$1,916	$2,252
Housing units	6,094	5,584
Homeownership rate	80.3%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firestone	Frederick
Population	14,033 → 17,353 (+23.7%)	12,767 → 15,893 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$100,288 → $114,591 (+14.3%)	$105,827 → $135,316 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$354,000 → $511,800 (+44.6%)	$363,200 → $529,800 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,545 → $1,916 (+24.0%)	$1,480 → $2,252 (+52.2%)

Firestone

Population

14,03317,353

Median household income

$100,288$114,591

Median home value

$354,000$511,800

Median gross rent

$1,545$1,916

Frederick

Population

12,76715,893

Median household income

$105,827$135,316

Median home value

$363,200$529,800

Median gross rent

$1,480$2,252

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Firestone	Frederick
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.5%
75 and over	3.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firestone	Frederick
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	74.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	4.1%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firestone	Frederick
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	20.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firestone	Frederick
Drove alone	74.9%	72.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.1%	17.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firestone	Frederick
1-unit, detached	73.5%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Firestone	Frederick
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.95	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	2007	2007