Lochbuie vs Severance

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

Lochbuie 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 8,142 in Lochbuie). Severance has the higher median household income ($127,257 vs $88,548 in Lochbuie). Severance has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $373,800 in Lochbuie).

Population, income & housing

	Lochbuie	Severance
Population	8,142	9,302
Median age	33.1 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,548	$127,257
Median home value	$373,800	$493,800
Median gross rent	$1,609	$2,108
Housing units	3,061	3,190
Homeownership rate	92.1%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lochbuie	Severance
Population	6,388 → 8,142 (+27.5%)	4,745 → 9,302 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$71,304 → $88,548 (+24.2%)	$106,141 → $127,257 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$252,100 → $373,800 (+48.3%)	$362,500 → $493,800 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,388 → $1,609 (+15.9%)	$1,163 → $2,108 (+81.3%)

Lochbuie

Population

6,3888,142

Median household income

$71,304$88,548

Median home value

$252,100$373,800

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,609

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)

	Lochbuie	Severance
Under 5	8.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	17.4%	18.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	7.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.3%
75 and over	3.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lochbuie	Severance
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	72.1%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	49.6%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lochbuie	Severance
No high school diploma	18.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.6%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lochbuie	Severance
Drove alone	83.3%	67.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	21.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lochbuie	Severance
1-unit, detached	75.7%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lochbuie	Severance
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	2005	2012