State profile · CO

Largest Cities in Colorado

Name: Colorado Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 408 tracked cities and towns in Colorado, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

408
Cities: 5M
Combined city pop.: $89,497
Avg median income: 7.4%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Denver is the largest of 408 tracked cities in Colorado, which ranks #12 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Denver
largest tracked city (713,734 people): #12
national rank, avg median income: 408
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

83% of Colorado's 408 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

338
10K-99K

57
100K-999K

13

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Colorado coverage, with 338 of 408 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Colorado is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Colorado's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Denver

713,734
Colorado Springs

483,099
Aurora

390,201
Fort Collins

169,705
Lakewood

156,309
Thornton

142,878
Arvada

122,835
Westminster

115,546
Pueblo

111,514
Greeley

109,421
Centennial

107,386
Boulder

106,274

What this shows Denver, CO is the most populous city profiled in Colorado; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 408-row record is available as a CSV.

How Colorado ranks nationally

Avg median income

$89,497

#12 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$468,247

#8 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

7.4%

#13 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

408

#30 of 52 · most tracked cities

Colorado ranks #12 of 52 nationally on average median income and #13 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Colorado's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$468,247 15th percentile more affordable than 15% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. 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

Largest cities in Colorado

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 408 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Denver	713,734	$91,681	$586,700	7.7%
2	Colorado Springs	483,099	$83,198	$420,700	5.9%
3	Aurora	390,201	$84,320	$444,500	8.3%
4	Fort Collins	169,705	$83,598	$548,400	5.6%
5	Lakewood	156,309	$85,789	$548,200	5.3%
6	Thornton	142,878	$100,985	$482,200	4.8%
7	Arvada	122,835	$113,396	$600,800	3.5%
8	Westminster	115,546	$96,145	$497,400	5.1%
9	Pueblo	111,514	$55,305	$230,900	14.7%
10	Greeley	109,421	$68,650	$369,600	10.6%
11	Centennial	107,386	$128,167	$626,700	1.9%
12	Boulder	106,274	$85,364	$982,600	5.9%
13	Highlands Ranch	101,437	$155,847	$672,600	1.4%
14	Longmont	98,958	$89,724	$541,400	5.2%
15	Loveland	77,350	$82,592	$453,100	4.6%
16	Castle Rock	76,614	$143,031	$621,700	2.3%
17	Broomfield	75,110	$121,025	$631,600	2.1%
18	Grand Junction	67,027	$66,676	$358,300	7.4%
19	Commerce City	64,640	$106,756	$463,200	7.5%
20	Parker	60,115	$129,342	$613,200	2.4%
21	Littleton	45,092	$96,611	$596,700	3.1%
22	Brighton	41,196	$100,134	$475,100	5.5%
23	Security-Widefield	38,659	$83,916	$358,600	5.4%
24	Northglenn	37,953	$79,530	$440,900	7.0%
25	Windsor	35,918	$121,758	$562,300	2.8%
26	Pueblo West	34,992	$95,419	$371,600	5.2%
27	Dakota Ridge	34,159	$120,368	$570,400	1.8%
28	Englewood	33,774	$82,016	$534,000	4.8%
29	Ken Caryl	33,407	$116,838	$565,700	2.2%
30	Wheat Ridge	32,158	$87,598	$584,700	5.7%
31	Erie	31,927	$163,644	$685,900	2.4%
32	Lafayette	30,471	$110,431	$647,600	2.5%
33	Fountain	29,327	$85,246	$374,600	5.8%
34	Columbine	25,681	$129,480	$590,600	3.8%
35	Evans	22,265	$72,926	$326,300	9.1%
36	Four Square Mile	21,788	$73,318	$448,200	10.6%
37	Louisville	20,788	$149,159	$835,000	2.7%
38	Montrose	20,703	$63,177	$359,000	8.7%
39	Golden	20,467	$95,913	$790,500	2.5%
40	Clifton	19,746	$54,301	$234,200	12.6%
41	Sherrelwood	19,368	$73,849	$412,200	9.3%
42	Durango	19,257	$79,545	$609,700	10.6%
43	Cimarron Hills	18,808	$75,853	$333,300	7.1%
44	Fort Carson	18,447	$61,783	N/A	11.0%
45	Johnstown	18,075	$130,851	$493,500	0.0%
46	Firestone	17,353	$114,591	$511,800	3.1%
47	Cañon City	17,098	$66,068	$275,300	6.2%
48	Welby	16,232	$78,375	$347,700	7.6%
49	Frederick	15,893	$135,316	$529,800	2.5%
50	Greenwood	15,485	$145,781	$1,213,300	3.0%
51	Black Forest	14,658	$142,173	$805,200	2.3%
52	Federal Heights	14,160	$57,957	$91,300	20.1%
53	Lone Tree	14,136	$125,699	$819,800	3.0%
54	Fruita	13,578	$77,680	$361,500	1.4%
55	Steamboat Springs	13,341	$100,156	$874,400	4.2%
56	Sterling	13,273	$44,242	$205,200	12.3%
57	Superior	13,136	$157,909	$795,500	1.1%
58	Castle Pines	12,573	$189,918	$827,900	5.4%
59	The Pinery	11,740	$173,889	$709,800	1.6%
60	Berthoud	11,684	$111,297	$487,700	3.4%
61	Wellington	11,538	$103,888	$442,500	5.8%
62	Fort Morgan	11,521	$59,121	$259,900	13.4%
63	Monument	11,035	$114,654	$586,400	3.2%
64	Cherry Creek	11,011	$147,618	$856,800	3.7%
65	Berkley	10,838	$76,232	$453,600	10.4%
66	Fairmount	10,521	$163,785	$772,600	1.9%
67	Rifle	10,466	$80,629	$377,900	3.2%
68	Gunbarrel	10,424	$111,506	$789,200	2.8%
69	Edwards	10,415	$90,735	$747,700	7.5%
70	Glenwood Springs	10,171	$87,000	$592,000	4.1%
71	Alamosa	9,847	$46,969	$200,200	11.4%
72	Roxborough Park	9,365	$167,671	$648,100	0.7%
73	Severance	9,302	$127,257	$493,800	2.2%
74	Delta	9,266	$46,010	$238,100	18.7%
75	Stonegate	9,164	$157,021	$614,000	0.7%
76	Craig	9,022	$69,256	$252,900	10.6%
77	Cortez	8,898	$51,377	$226,700	7.5%
78	Woodmoor	8,819	$174,138	$702,900	0.5%
79	Redlands	8,771	$97,500	$466,400	2.7%
80	Milliken	8,695	$100,567	$398,200	1.2%
81	Derby	8,692	$78,696	$317,400	4.6%
82	Evergreen	8,643	$148,665	$745,500	2.7%
83	Fort Lupton	8,494	$64,850	$372,400	10.1%
84	Gypsum	8,481	$124,534	$553,600	3.1%
85	Trinidad	8,309	$50,792	$196,900	10.7%
86	Twin Lakes CDP (Adams County)	8,279	$93,818	$526,700	2.0%
87	Lochbuie	8,142	$88,548	$373,800	0.8%
88	Applewood	8,120	$128,988	$725,300	1.2%
89	Timnath	8,007	$172,206	$717,300	4.8%
90	Fruitvale	7,998	$76,339	$299,900	6.1%
91	Woodland Park	7,909	$96,896	$489,400	2.2%
92	Lamar	7,629	$58,487	$137,100	10.8%
93	Eagle	7,479	$103,850	$693,600	5.7%
94	La Junta	7,211	$54,253	$180,700	18.8%
95	Aspen	6,862	$78,636	$1,375,000	3.4%
96	Gunnison	6,712	$55,313	$432,200	12.1%
97	Air Force Academy	6,701	$93,889	N/A	10.9%
98	Orchard Mesa	6,597	$76,173	$304,200	5.4%
99	Carbondale	6,553	$94,300	$796,100	13.5%
100	Dacono	6,419	$99,389	$448,200	5.6%

What to do with Colorado's city data

408 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Denver is Colorado's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major CO metro. Denver profile
4 tracked cities in Colorado sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Colorado cities
See how Colorado's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 408 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Colorado on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 5,038,916.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $89,497. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Colorado?

PlainCities profiles 408 cities and towns in Colorado, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Colorado?

Denver is the largest tracked city in Colorado, with a population of 713,734.

What is the average household income in Colorado?

Across the 408 tracked cities in Colorado, the average median household income is $89,497. Individual cities vary widely - 4 tracked cities in Colorado sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Colorado?

The average poverty rate across Colorado's tracked cities is 7.4%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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