Denver vs Colorado Springs
Denver, CO compared with Colorado Springs, CO · 62 miles apart
Denver has 740,613 residents to Colorado Springs’s 494,743. Denver comes out ahead on median household income, bachelor's degree +, unemployment. Colorado Springs does better on median rent, homeownership, average commute.
| Denver, CO | Colorado Springs, CO | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 740,613 | 494,743 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 4,838 | 2,446 |
| Median household income | $94,718 | $84,818 |
| Median home value | $616,000 | $452,600 |
| Median rent | $1,831 | $1,648 |
| Homeownership | 48.8% | 60.9% |
| Average commute | 24.9 min | 22.7 min |
| Median age | 35.3 | 35.7 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 56.5% | 42.7% |
| Poverty rate | 11.2% | 9% |
| Unemployment | 4.9% | 5.6% |
| Price to income | 6.5× | 5.3× |
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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