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Denver vs Centennial

Denver, CO compared with Centennial, CO · 12 miles apart

Denver has 740,613 residents to Centennial’s 108,658. Denver comes out ahead on median rent, average commute. Centennial does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Denver, CO Centennial, CO
Population 740,613 108,658
Density (per sq mi) 4,838 3,603
Median household income $94,718 $131,928
Median home value $616,000 $658,100
Median rent $1,831 $2,148
Homeownership 48.8% 80.6%
Average commute 24.9 min 25.9 min
Median age 35.3 42
Bachelor's degree + 56.5% 62.6%
Poverty rate 11.2% 3.3%
Unemployment 4.9% 4.6%
Price to income 6.5×
Clear days a year 40
Days above 90°F 36

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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