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SheetCO-BROOMFIELD-CO · Broomfield, CO 75,110 pop · income 88th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Broomfield
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Broomfield on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Iowa City · lowest
57,533
Iowa City · lowest
57,533 median HH income
40.2% of the leader · rank #1
Orting · near
120,994
Orting · near
120,994 median HH income
84.6% of the leader · rank #2
Harbison Cany… · near
121,007
Harbison Cany… · near
121,007 median HH income
84.6% of the leader · rank #3
Lewistown · near
121,020
Lewistown · near
121,020 median HH income
84.6% of the leader · rank #4
Broomfield · this city
121,025
Broomfield · this city
121,025 median HH income
84.6% of the leader · rank #5
Edgewood · near
121,045
Edgewood · near
121,045 median HH income
84.6% of the leader · rank #6
Castle Rock · highest
143,031
Castle Rock · highest
143,031 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Broomfield on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 75,110.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Broomfield - the verdict
Broomfield ranks in the 88th percentile for household income and the 32nd percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
88th
percentile, household income
90th
percentile, home value
68th
percentile, median rent
32nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Broomfield, CO
Broomfield is a small city in Colorado, home to 75,110 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Broomfield report a median income of $121,025 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.1%. Home values in Broomfield run a median of $631,600, and the median resident age is 38.8 years. About 58.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 68.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 405 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Growing), up 18% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2004.0 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Colorado carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Colorado at 103.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,429 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Colorado run around $202, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 40.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Broomfield's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to reported crime to housing and income to schools and households to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Broomfield, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Broomfield?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Broomfield?
Within Colorado, the closest population matches are Castle Rock (76,614 residents, $143,031 income); Loveland (77,350 residents, $82,592 income); Grand Junction (67,027 residents, $66,676 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Missouri City, TX (75,234 residents); Iowa City, IA (75,264 residents); Pawtucket, RI (75,280 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Broomfield?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2004.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 12% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
How far does income reach against housing in Broomfield?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Broomfield?
The NCES join finds 17 public schools within the city match. 58.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
17
Bachelor's degree+
58.6%
Poverty estimate
2.1%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Is Broomfield growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +4,692 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 405 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+6.3%
2025 estimate
79,174
2020 estimate
74,482
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Colorado average
B-
City profile score · Broomfield, CO
69/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
58.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A
$121,025
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A
2.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C
148 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Broomfield profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 58.6%
Household income: 86/100 (A) · $121,025
Poverty rate: 85/100 (A) · 2.1%
Violent crime: 59/100 (C) · 148 /100k
Cost of living: 26/100 (F) · 103.1 index
Where Broomfield sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Broomfield's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Broomfield highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Broomfield, CO (this city): home $631,600, crime 2,004/100k
Missouri City, TX : home $281,600, crime 1,191/100k
Iowa City, IA : home $273,600, crime 1,995/100k
Pawtucket, RI : home $286,200, crime 1,819/100k
Appleton, WI : home $211,500, crime 1,549/100k
Mansfield, TX : home $380,000, crime 1,475/100k
Rock Hill, SC : home $267,400, crime 2,789/100k
Castle Rock, CO : home $621,700, crime 974/100k
Loveland, CO : home $453,100, crime 2,333/100k
Grand Junction, CO : home $358,300, crime 3,716/100k
Commerce City, CO : home $463,200, crime 3,663/100k
Parker, CO : home $613,200, crime 1,857/100k
Longmont, CO : home $541,400, crime 3,088/100k
How does Broomfield compare to other US cities?
Here's how Broomfield stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income88% higher than other cities
Home value90% pricier than other cities
Median rent68% pricier than other cities
Safety32% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Colorado alone, Broomfield ranks #68 of 116 Colorado cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Broomfield against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Colorado only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Colorado-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Broomfield near the bottom of Colorado's cities
Among the 408 Colorado cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Broomfield ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Broomfield only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#80 of 379
79th percentile in Colorado
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 408
0th percentile in Colorado
Median Home Value
#94 of 388
76th percentile in Colorado
Poverty Rate
#270 of 408
34th percentile in Colorado
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#78 of 408
81st percentile in Colorado
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Colorado only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
88th percentile nationally for median household income · 32nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Broomfield's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Broomfield's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Broomfield's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$631,60010th percentilemore affordable than 10% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Broomfield's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,212 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#475 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 5.2×, Broomfield sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,212 of 15,516 and #475 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$121,025Broomfield, CO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Broomfield, CO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Broomfield, CO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)58.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
75,110
Median Income
$121,025
Median Home Value
$631,600
Median Age
38.8
Poverty Rate
2.1%
Labor force participation
68.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
58.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2004.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
148.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1855.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
17
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Broomfield's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
74,482 residents
2021
75,413 residents
2022
76,133 residents
2023
76,972 residents
2024
78,403 residents
2025
79,174 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Growing
Total Permits (2024)
405
housing units authorized
Single-Family
57
detached homes
Multifamily
348
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
5.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
343
333
10
$120.4M
2020
427
223
204
$128.7M
2021
501
268
233
$177.0M
2022
538
179
359
$169.0M
2023
1,277
119
1,158
$265.1M
2024
405
57
348
$77.1M
Permit volume increased 18% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
60.7%
Carpool
6.9%
Public Transit
2.4%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
26.9%
Other
1.9%
Based on 41,841 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Colorado statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $202
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Colorado at $202 (electricity about $90 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Colorado statewide averages, not a meter reading for Broomfield. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Colorado's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.1 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Broomfield is $1,429/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Colorado statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 40.7 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Colorado statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Broomfield sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Broomfield compares to similar-size Colorado cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.