Firestone vs Severance

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

Firestone and Severance 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 9,302 in Severance). Severance has the higher median household income ($127,257 vs $114,591 in Firestone). Firestone has the higher median home value ($511,800 vs $493,800 in Severance).

Population, income & housing

	Firestone	Severance
Population	17,353	9,302
Median age	35.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,591	$127,257
Median home value	$511,800	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,916	$2,108
Housing units	6,094	3,190
Homeownership rate	80.3%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firestone	Severance
Population	14,033 → 17,353 (+23.7%)	4,745 → 9,302 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$100,288 → $114,591 (+14.3%)	$106,141 → $127,257 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$354,000 → $511,800 (+44.6%)	$362,500 → $493,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,545 → $1,916 (+24.0%)	$1,163 → $2,108 (+81.3%)

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

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)

	Firestone	Severance
Under 5	5.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.3%
75 and over	3.3%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firestone	Severance
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.9%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firestone	Severance
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	20.1%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firestone	Severance
Drove alone	74.9%	67.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	21.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firestone	Severance
1-unit, detached	73.5%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Firestone	Severance
Poverty rate	3.8%	3.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	2007	2012