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Denver vs Castle Rock

Denver, CO compared with Castle Rock, CO · 27 miles apart

Denver has 740,613 residents to Castle Rock’s 83,815. Denver comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +. Castle Rock does better on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate.

Denver, CO Castle Rock, CO
Population 740,613 83,815
Density (per sq mi) 4,838 2,412
Median household income $94,718 $145,197
Median home value $616,000 $652,900
Median rent $1,831 $2,000
Homeownership 48.8% 78.8%
Average commute 24.9 min 28.6 min
Median age 35.3 36.5
Bachelor's degree + 56.5% 55.9%
Poverty rate 11.2% 3.8%
Unemployment 4.9% 4.4%
Price to income 6.5× 4.5×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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