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Thornton vs Commerce City

Thornton, CO compared with Commerce City, CO · 8 miles apart

Thornton has 147,766 residents to Commerce City’s 72,345. Thornton comes out ahead on bachelor's degree +, poverty rate. Commerce City does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.

Thornton, CO Commerce City, CO
Population 147,766 72,345
Density (per sq mi) 4,032 1,960
Median household income $103,088 $111,972
Median home value $517,500 $499,700
Median rent $1,895 $1,880
Homeownership 71.4% 77.2%
Average commute 30.4 min 29.7 min
Median age 34.7 35
Bachelor's degree + 32.8% 25.8%
Poverty rate 7% 8.7%
Unemployment 4.5% 4.3%
Price to income 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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