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SheetCO-TWIN-LAKES-CDP-ADAMS-COUNTY-CO · Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), CO 8,279 pop · income 74th 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 Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Trinidad · lowest
50,792
Trinidad · lowest
50,792 median HH income
28.4% of the leader · rank #1
Cashion · near
93,808
Cashion · near
93,808 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #2
McFarland · near
93,810
McFarland · near
93,810 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #3
Twin Lakes CD… · this city
93,818
Twin Lakes CD… · this city
93,818 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #4
Bermuda Dunes · near
93,819
Bermuda Dunes · near
93,819 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #5
Kingsbury · near
93,831
Kingsbury · near
93,831 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #6
Duvall · highest
178,821
Duvall · highest
178,821 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 8,279.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) lands in the 74th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
74th
percentile, household income
86th
percentile, home value
68th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), CO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 8,279 residents in Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), a small town within Colorado. Households in Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) report a median income of $93,818 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.0%. Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)'s housing stock carries a median value of $526,700, and the median resident age is 38.3 years. Educational attainment runs 38.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 73.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,429 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Colorado's average monthly utility costs around $202 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 40.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)?
Within Colorado, the closest population matches are Trinidad (8,309 residents, $50,792 income); Lochbuie (8,142 residents, $88,548 income); Applewood (8,120 residents, $128,988 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are St. Francis, MN (8,279 residents); Joshua, TX (8,279 residents); Duvall, WA (8,279 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.0%, 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.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Colorado average
C+
City profile score · Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), CO
64/100
4 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.
Poverty rate A
2.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$93,818
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income74% higher than other cities
Home value86% pricier than other cities
Median rent68% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) 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 Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) near the bottom of Colorado's cities
Among the 408 Colorado cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#137 of 379
64th percentile in Colorado
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 408
0th percentile in Colorado
Median Home Value
#137 of 388
65th percentile in Colorado
Poverty Rate
#272 of 408
32nd percentile in Colorado
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#180 of 408
56th 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
74th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$526,70014th percentilemore affordable than 14% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,719 of 15,516
More affordable than 12% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,239 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.6×, Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,719 of 15,516 and #10,239 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$93,818Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), CO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), 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 Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County), CO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,279
Median Income
$93,818
Median Home Value
$526,700
Median Age
38.3
Poverty Rate
2.0%
Labor force participation
73.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
66.5%
Carpool
14.4%
Public Transit
1.1%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
14.1%
Other
2.3%
Based on 4,825 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 Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County). 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 Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) 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 Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County) 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, 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.