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East Colfax

Total Population:

11,059 (±716.18)

Population Age:

Population under 5: 6.87% (±1.64%)
% Under 18: 23.13% (±4.52%)
Population over 65: 5.85% (±1.44%)

Households:

Average Household Income: $57,413.09 (±$0)
Families in Poverty: 23.60% (±7.22%)
Housing Units: 4,695 (±96.57)

The East Colfax neighborhood has roots dating back to the late 1850s, when a branch of Smoky Hill Trail brought gold seekers arriving by horse and wagon on what today is East Colfax Avenue. Over time, farms and houses appeared along the trail, which soon became known as the Kansas City Road, because it connected the early village of Denver to the nearest big city to the east.

In 1888 the town of Montclair was incorporated. The home of the town's founder, Mathias Chochrane of Montclair, New Jersey, still stands at 1304 Olive Street. Montclair's guiding vision, as promoted in an early speech by Baron von Richtofen, was for a community in which "only tasteful houses of $1,000 will be allowed... Colfax Avenue will be graded and improved like Broadway... shade trees will be planted throughout... an artesian well will provide watertight towers will be erected ... the town will be the pride of all Denver."

By 1900 there were 88 homes in Montclair. The town also boasted a zoo, college, golf course, art gallery, and private and public schools. St. Luke's Episcopal Church was built in 1890 and the Stanley School in 1891. What is now Lowry Field was owned by the Episcopal Church and included the Jarvis Hall Military School. Students at the military school marched along a road that ran northwesterly from the school to St. Luke's Church on 13th Avenue.  The road can still be seen today on the short section of Richtofen Place between Quince and Roslyn streets.

After 14 years as a suburb, Montclair was annexed to Denver on December 1, 1902. This annexation included the area east of Monaco Parkway and north of 6th Avenue Parkway, eastward to Yosemite Street and northward to 26th Avenue. Denver's neighborhoods of Montclair, East Colfax, and Lowry Field became part of Denver through this annexation 90-plus years ago.

In 1922 the "Greeters of America," a national organization of hotel employees, established a home in the neighborhood for its members who were indigent because of sickness or other misfortune. Located on five acres, the home was surrounded by orchards and gardens, and enlivened by chickens tended to by the patients. The Greeters of America Home was dissolved in the 1950s and converted into two private residences.

Development came slowly, especially in areas immediately north and south of East Colfax Avenue. In the 1930s, it was possible to look to the east and see Fitzsimons Hospital in Aurora. Neighborhood boys hunted pheasant and rabbits in the open fields.

As the decades passed, technology and world events brought growth and change to the area. To the north, Stapleton Field was opened in 1929 to accommodate air travel to and from Denver. Until the 1940's, Ulster Street led directly to the terminal.

In 1937 Lowry Air Force Base was established to the south. Although there was nearly constant sound of aircraft landing and taking off on two sides, residential development continued in the neighborhood, primarily to house workers from these two adjacent facilities. Construction of single family homes flourished after World War II and continued into the 1950s. Paved streets and houses soon infilled around the older houses and rural farm buildings.

To house Titan missile project construction workers in the early 1960s, apartment complexes were built on Yosemite Street south of East Colfax Avenue. Apartment construction continued at other locations into the 1970s, partly to meet demand created by military and airline personnel.

Over the years, businesses have prospered along East Colfax Avenue. As Denver's primary link to the east until Interstate 70 was completed in 1965, the avenue was lined with restaurants, motels, gift shops, service stations, and garages to serve tourists coming to the Rocky Mountain region.

Dating back to the early 1930s, East Colfax Avenue between Ulster and Uinta functioned as a sort of "town center." For several decades that strip boasted a drug store, beauty shop, barber, hardware store, dry goods store, and several grocery markets. In 1956 the Davis Dry Goods Store closed after 20 years in business and the building was torn down to make way for a new Italian restaurant known as Paisan's.

The East Colfax/East Montclair neighborhood story is one of growth, change, and development reaching back to the first gold seekers and continuing with today's residents and business owners.

Source:  The City and County of Denver.

Copyright 1998 - The Piton Foundation

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General

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Total Population
11,059 (±716.18)

5,436,519
2017
Households
4,454 (±172.18)

N/A (±0)
2017
Families
2,089 (±227.79)

737,127 (±3,188.44)
2017
Total Births
192

36,229
2017
Data Definitions
Total Population
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P1. Total Population; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P1. Total Population; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Total Population; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Total Population)
Households
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P15. Households; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P18. Households; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B11016 Household Type by Household Size); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B11016 Household Type by Household Size)
Families
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P18. Family household; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P19. Family household; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B11016 Family household; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B11016 Family household)
Total Births
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (0,1,2).

Race/Ethnicity

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Births Other Race
N/A
0

2.63%
987
2016
Population White
5,616 (±646.27)
50.78% (±6.71%)

2,512,885 (±4,538.30)
82.15%
2017
Population Non-Latino White
3,799 (±434.90)
34.35% (±4.52%)

2,005,676 (±801)
65.57%
2017
Population African-American
2,891 (±700.09)
26.14% (±6.55%)

159,206 (±1,824.18)
5.20%
2017
Population Native American
184 (±119.20)
1.66% (±1.08%)

23,257 (±1,560.87)
0.76%
2017
Population Asian/Pacific Islander
0
N/A (±0%)

131,006 (±1,516.68)
4.28%
2017
Population Other Race (Single Race Selected)
704 (±380)
6.37% (±3.46%)

127,649 (±4,252.37)
4.17%
2017
Population Latino
2,760 (±444.80)
24.96% (±4.33%)

680,850
22.26%
2017
Population Non-Latino
75.04% (±10.90%)
8,299 (±727.96)

77.74%
2,378,113 (±980,576.26)
2017
Population of 2 or More Races
513 (±268.61)
4.64% (±2.45%)

104,960 (±3,042.80)
3.43%
2017
Foreign Born
25.88% (±5.81%)
2,862 (±615.77)

9.81%
533,576 (±5,704.30)
2017
Adults Non-English Speaking
907 (±264.17)
10.67% (±3.03%)

103,706 (±2,684.13)
4.41% (±0.11%)
2017
Births Non-Latino White
68
34%

21,287
56.62%
2016
Births African-American
56
28%

2,722
7.24%
2016
Births Native American
0
N/A

331
0.88%
2016
Births Asian/Pacific Islander
35
17.50%

1,853
4.93%
2016
Births Latino
46
23%

11,288
30.02%
2016
Births to Foreign Mothers
94
47%

8,863
23.57%
2016
Data Definitions
Births Other Race
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Population White
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P3. Population of White alone; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P3. Population of White alone; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race)
Population Non-Latino White
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P4. Population of Non-Latino White alone; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P5. Population of Non-Latino White alone; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race)
Population African-American
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P3. Population of Black or African American alone; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P3. Population of Black or African American alone; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B02001. Population by Race; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B02001. Population by Race
Population Native American
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P3. Population of American Indian and Alaska Native alone; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P3. Population of American Indian and Alaska Native alone; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B02001. Population by Race; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B02001. Population by Race)
Population Asian/Pacific Islander
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P3. Population of Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P3. Population of Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B02001. Population by Race; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B02001. Population by Race)
Population Other Race (Single Race Selected)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P3. Population of Some other race alone; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P3. Population of Some other race alone; 2016: ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race; 2017: ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race)
Population Latino
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P4. Hispanic or Latino; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P4. Hispanic or Latino; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race)
Population Non-Latino
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P4. Not Hispanic or Latino; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P4. Not Hispanic or Latino; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race)
Population of 2 or More Races
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P3. Population of two or more races; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P3. Population of two or more races; 2017: ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B03002. Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race)
Foreign Born
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P21. Foreign born population; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B05002. Foreign born; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B05002. Foreign born)
Adults Non-English Speaking
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P19. Population 18+ speak a language other than English and speak English "not well" or "not at all"; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B16004. Population 18+ speak a language other than English and speak English "not well" or "not at all"; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B16004. Population 18+ speak a language other than English and speak English "not well" or "not at all"); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B16004. Population 18+ speak a language other than English and speak English "not well" or "not at all")
Births Non-Latino White
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Births African-American
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Births Native American
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Births Asian/Pacific Islander
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Births Latino
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Births to Foreign Mothers
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).

Age

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Population 55-64
6.26% (±1.75%)
692 (±187.70)

12.01%
367,387 (±2,977.37)
2017
Population under 5
760 (±174.80)
6.87% (±1.64%)

189,523 (±279.60)
6.20%
2017
Population 5-17
1,798 (±296.77)
16.26% (±2.88%)

519,931 (±3,257.57)
17%
2017
Population 18-24
1,169 (±294.40)
10.57% (±2.75%)

273,004 (±2,680.31)
8.92%
2017
Population 25-34
2,699 (±442.97)
24.41% (±0%)

491,220 (±370.44)
16.06%
2017
Population 35-44
1,674 (±278.85)
15.14% (±2.32%)

441,278 (±2,856.11)
14.43% (±0%)
2017
Population 45-54
1,620 (±367.70)
14.65% (±9,610.45%)

412,034 (±295.32)
13.47%
2017
Population over 65
647 (±153.25)
5.85% (±1.44%)

364,586 (±2,946.75)
11.92%
2017
Data Definitions
Population 55-64
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P12. Population 55-64 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P12. Population 55-64 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population 55-64 years)
Population under 5
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P14. Population under 6 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P14. Population under 5 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population under 5 years)
Population 5-17
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P14. Population 6-11 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P14. Population 5-17 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population 5-17 years)
Population 18-24
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P12. Population 18-24 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P12. Population 18-24 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population 18-24 years)
Population 25-34
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P12. Population 25-34 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P12. Population 25-34 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population 25-34 years)
Population 35-44
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P12. Population 35-44 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P12. Population 35-44 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population 35-44 years)
Population 45-54
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P12. Population 45-54 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P12. Population 45-54 years; 2017: ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population 45-54 years)
Population over 65
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P12. Population 65 years and over; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P12. Population 65 years and over; 2017: ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B01001 Population 65 years older)

Families and Households

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Persons per Household
2.48 (±0.19)

2.56 (±0.01)
2017
1-Person Households
1,707 (±221.33)
38.33% (±4.74%)

333,168 (±3,102.29)
28.29% (±0.26%)
2017
Families with Children
1,080 (±161.38)
51.70% (±5.28%)

372,465 (±2,535.47)
50.53% (±0%)
2017
Families without Children
48.30% (±10.46%)
1,009 (±188.68)

49.47% (±0.44%)
364,662 (±2,800.76)
2017
Non-Family Households
2,365 (±248.24)
53.10% (±5.18%)

440,474 (±3,165.10)
37.40% (±0.26%)
2017
Children Living with Single Parents
941 (±351.75)
36.79% (±15.08%)

194,409 (±4,208.18)
27.48% (±0.59%)
2017
Births to Teen Mothers (19 and under)
3
1.50%

1,506
4.01%
2016
Births to Unwed Mothers
38
19%

7,359
19.57%
2016
Data Definitions
Persons per Household
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P17. Average household size; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P17. Average household size; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B11002 Population in Households / Total Households)
1-Person Households
Source: U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P18. 1-person household / Total household; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P19. 1-person household / Total household; 2011- 2018: ACS 5-Year Estimates Table B11016 1-person household / Total household)
Families with Children
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P18. Household with own children under 18 years / Total household; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P19. Household with own children under 18 years / Total household; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B11005 Household with own children under 18 years / Total household)
Families without Children
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P18. Household without own children under 18 years / Total household; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P19. Household without own children under 18 years / Total household; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B11005 Household without own children under 18 years / Total household)
Non-Family Households
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P18. Non-family household / Total household; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P19. Non-family household / Total household; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B11016 Non-family household / Total household); 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B11016 Non-family household / Total household)
Children Living with Single Parents
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table P28. Population under 18 years whose relationship to the householder is own child in family with single householder / Total population under 18 years; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table P31. Population under 18 years whose relationship to the householder is own child in family with single householder / Total population under 18 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B09005 Population under 18 years whose relationship to the householder is own child in family with single householder / Total population under 18 years)
Births to Teen Mothers (19 and under)
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Births to Unwed Mothers
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).

Newborns

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Premature Births
24
12%

3,298
8.77%
2016
Low Birth Weight
35
17.50%

3,389
9.01%
2016
Births to Women Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care
15
7.50%

2,174
5.78%
2016
Data Definitions
Premature Births
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Low Birth Weight
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).
Births to Women Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).

Early Education

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Licensed Child Care Slots
256

156,016
2018
Data Definitions
Licensed Child Care Slots
Source: Colorado Department of Human Services

Poverty and Income

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Asian/Pacific Islander in Poverty
956 (±429.85)
41.53% (±20.59%)

14,407 (±1,345.86)
11.15% (±1.05%)
2017
Average Household Income
$57,413.09 (±$0)

$97,284.99 (±$0)
2017
Persons in Poverty
3,068 (±657.88)
27.76% (±6.22%)

319,321 (±6,317.81)
10.59% (±0.21%)
2017
Families in Poverty
493 (±140.91)
23.60% (±7.22%)

51,042 (±1,495.89)
6.92% (±0.21%)
2017
Non-Latino Whites in Poverty
N/A (±0%)

N/A (±0%)
2017
African-Americans in Poverty
1,666 (±765.98)
28.81% (±12.29%)

31,205 (±2,000.32)
20.11% (±1.27%)
2017
Native Americans in Poverty
N/A (±0%)

N/A (±0%)
2017
Latinos in Poverty
N/A (±0%)

N/A (±0%)
2017
Children (under 18) in Poverty
1,219 (±299.18)
47.80% (±14.12%)

95,578 (±2,762.91)
13.63% (±0.40%)
2017
Single Mothers with Children in Poverty
167 (±91.79)
38.84% (±25.08%)

22,023 (±1,052.31)
28.85% (±1.54%)
2017
Households with Income less than 100% of Denver's Median Income ( < $60,000)
2,884 (±396.11)
64.75% (±9.24%)

493,692 (±4,683.71)
41.92% (±0.41%)
2017
Households with Income 100% to 200% of Denver's Median Income ( $60,000 - $124,999)
28.51% (±5.07%)
1,270 (±220.32)

33.81% (±0.34%)
398,176 (±3,928.31)
2017
Households with Income Greater than 200% of Denver's Median Income ( > $125,000)
6.74% (±2.54%)
300 (±112.70)

24.26% (±0.27%)
285,733 (±3,149.72)
2017
Data Definitions
Asian/Pacific Islander in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P159D and Table P159E. Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population whose income in 1999 below poverty level / Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population for whom poverty status is determined; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17020D and Table B17020E. Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population for whom poverty status is determined; 2016,2017:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B17020D and Table B17020E. Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Asian alone and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone population for whom poverty status is determined)
Average Household Income
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P54. Aggregate Household Income In 1999 Dollars / Census 2000 SF1 Table P18. Total Households; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B19025. Aggregate Household Income In The Past 12 Months / Census 2010 SF1 Table P19. Total household; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B25070 Aggregate Household Income In The Past 12 Months /Total household); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25070 Aggregate Household Income In The Past 12 Months /Total household)
Persons in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P87. Population whose income in 1999 below poverty level / Total population for whom poverty status is determined; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17001. Population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Total population for whom poverty status is determined; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B17001 Population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Total population for whom poverty status is determined )
Families in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P90. Families whose income in 1999 below poverty level / Total Families; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17010. Families whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Total Families; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B17010 Families whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Total Families)
Non-Latino Whites in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P159I. White alone, not Hispanic or Latino population whose income in 1999 below poverty level / White alone, not Hispanic or Latino population for whom poverty status is determined; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17020H. White alone, not Hispanic or Latino population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / White alone, not Hispanic or Latino population for whom poverty status is determined; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table S1701 White alone, not Hispanic or Latino population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / White alone, not Hispanic or Latino population for whom poverty status is determined)
African-Americans in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P159B. Black or African American alone population whose income in 1999 below poverty level / Black or African American alone population for whom poverty status is determined; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17020B. Black or African American alone population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Black or African American alone population for whom poverty status is determined; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B17020B. Black or African American alone population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Black or African American alone population for whom poverty status is determined); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B17020B. Black or African American alone population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Black or African American alone population for whom poverty status is determined)
Native Americans in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P159C. American Indian and Alaska Native alone population whose income in 1999 below poverty level / American Indian and Alaska Native alone population for whom poverty status is determined; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17020C. American Indian and Alaska Native alone population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / American Indian and Alaska Native alone population for whom poverty status is determined; 2017:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B17020C. American Indian and Alaska Native alone population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / American Indian and Alaska Native alone population for whom poverty status is determined)
Latinos in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P159H. Hispanic or Latino population whose income in 1999 below poverty level / Hispanic or Latino population for whom poverty status is determined; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17020I. Hispanic or Latino population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Hispanic or Latino population for whom poverty status is determined; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B17020I. Hispanic or Latino population whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Hispanic or Latino population for whom poverty status is determined)
Children (under 18) in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P87. Population under 18 years living in families whose income in 1999 below poverty level / Census 2000 SF1 Table P12. Population under 18 years; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17020. Population under 18 years living in families whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B01001. Population under 18 years; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B17020. Population under 18 years living in families whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / ACS 2011-2015 5-Year Estimates Table B01001. Population under 18 years)
Single Mothers with Children in Poverty
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P90. Female single householder with children under 18 years whose income in 1999 below poverty level / Census 2000 SF1 Table P18. Female single householder with own children under 18 years; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B17010. Female single householder with related children under 18 years whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Female single householder with own children under 18 years whose poverty status was determined; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B17010 Female single householder with related children under 18 years whose income in the past 12 months below poverty level / Female single householder with own children under 18 years whose poverty status was determined)
Households with Income less than 100% of Denver's Median Income ( < $60,000)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Median Income for Denver-Aurora-Brommfield MSA is $60,137, for Boulder MSA is $64,839. Thus $60,000 is used as the median income for 7-County Denver Metro Area. ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B19001. Number of household with household income less than $60,000 / Total Households; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B19001. Number of household with household income of $125,000 and over / Total Households, $60,000 is used as the median income for 7-County Denver Metro Area)
Households with Income 100% to 200% of Denver's Median Income ( $60,000 - $124,999)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Median Income for Denver-Aurora-Brommfield MSA is $60,137, for Boulder MSA is $64,839. Thus $60,000 is used as the median income for 7-County Denver Metro Area. ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B19001. Number of household with household income of $60,000 - $124,999 / Total Households; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B19001. Number of household with household income of $125,000 and over / Total Households, $60,000 is used as the median income for 7-County Denver Metro Area)
Households with Income Greater than 200% of Denver's Median Income ( > $125,000)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Median Income for Denver-Aurora-Brommfield MSA is $60,137, for Boulder MSA is $64,839. Thus $60,000 is used as the median income for 7-County Denver Metro Area. ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B19001. Number of household with household income of $125,000 and over / Total Households; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B19001. Number of household with household income of $125,000 and over / Total Households, $60,000 is used as the median income for 7-County Denver Metro Area)

Adult Education

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Persons age 25+ with less than 12th grade education
1,217 (±284.61)
16.60% (±4.08%)

191,085 (±3,373.07)
9.20% (±0.16%)
2017
Persons age 25+ with high school only education
1,728 (±481.67)
23.57% (±5.56%)

400,906 (±3,977.67)
19.31% (±0.19%)
2017
Persons age 25+ with some college but no degree
1,537 (±269.75)
20.96% (±3.77%)

416,740 (±4,112.39)
20.07% (±0.20%)
2017
Persons Age 25+ with College Degree (Associates or Better)
2,850 (±381.58)
38.87% (±5.97%)

1,067,774 (±5,990.50)
51.42% (±0.29%)
2017
Births to Women With Less Than 12th Grade Education
44
22%

3,445
9.16%
2016
Data Definitions
Persons age 25+ with less than 12th grade education
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P37. Population 25 years and over with less than high school graduate or equivalency educational attainment; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B15002. Population 25 years and over with less than high school graduate, GED, or alternative educational attainment; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B15002. Population 25 years and over with less than high school graduate, GED, or alternative educational attainment)
Persons age 25+ with high school only education
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P37. Population 25 years and over with high school graduate or equivalency educational attainment; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B15002. Population 25 years and over with high school graduate, GED, or alternative educational attainment; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B15002 Population 25 years and over with high school graduate, GED, or alternative educational attainment)
Persons age 25+ with some college but no degree
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P37. Population 25 years and over with some college but no degree educational attainment; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B15002. Population 25 years and over with some college but no degree educational attainment; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B15002. Population 25 years and over with some college but no degree educational attainment)
Persons Age 25+ with College Degree (Associates or Better)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table P37. Population 25 years and over with Associate's, Batchelor's, Master's, Professional school, Doctorate degree; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B15002. Population 25 years and over with Associate's, Batchelor's, Master's, Professional school, Doctorate degree) 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B15002. Population 25 years and over with Associate's, Batchelor's, Master's, Professional school, Doctorate degree)
Births to Women With Less Than 12th Grade Education
Source:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Due to confidentiality of vital statistics data, when there are fewer than three events in a category, the data have been suppressed. Therefore, a blank record represents any value under three (1,2).

Homeownership

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Native American Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner-occupied housing units)
0 (±20.81)
0% (±0%)

8,727 (±583.64)
0.65% (±0%)
2017
Asian/Pacific Islander Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
16 (±35.40)
0.98% (±0%)

24,927 (±737.51)
3.35% (±0%)
2017
Latino Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
345 (±124.81)
21.20% (±0%)

88,232 (±1,626.76)
11.87% (±0%)
2017
Housing Units
4,695 (±96.57)

1,236,420 (±752.43)
2017
Housing Owner-Occupied (as a percentage of total housing units)
1,627 (±3,181.60)
36.53% (±4.36%)

743,307 (±3,052.54)
63.12% (±0.23%)
2017
Non-Latino White Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
1,125 (±174.45)
69.15% (±0%)

596,567 (±2,673.34)
80.26% (±0%)
2017
African-American Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
117 (±58.52)
7.19% (±0%)

21,556 (±794.61)
2.90% (±0%)
2017
Data Definitions
Native American Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner-occupied housing units)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H14. Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is American Indian and Alaska Native alone / Total owner-occupied housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H14. Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is American Indian and Alaska Native alone / Total owner-occupied housing units; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25003E Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is American Indian and Alaska Native alone / Total owner-occupied housing units)
Asian/Pacific Islander Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H14. Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone / Total owner-occupied housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H14. Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone / Total owner-occupied housing units;2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B25003C and B25003D,Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone / Total owner-occupied housing units ); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25003C and B25003D,Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone / Total owner-occupied housing units )
Latino Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H12. Occupied housing units with a householder who is Hispanic or Latino / SF1 Table H4. Owner occupied housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H15. Owner-occupied housing units with Hispanic or Latino householder / SF1 Table H4. Owner occupied housing units; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B25003I Owner-occupied housing units with Hispanic or Latino householder/occupied housing units)
Housing Units
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H1. Housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H1. Housing units; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25001 Total Housing Units)
Housing Owner-Occupied (as a percentage of total housing units)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H4. Owner occupied housing units / Table H1. Total housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H4. Owner occupied housing units / Table H1. Total housing units; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B25003.Owner occupied housing units/Total Housing Units ); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25003.Owner occupied housing units/Total Housing Units )
Non-Latino White Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H16I. Owner occupied housing units with a White Non-Hispanic householder / SF1 Table H4. Owner occupied housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H7. Owner occupied housing units with a White Non-Hispanic householder / SF1 Table H4. Owner occupied housing units; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B25003H Owner occupied housing units with a White Non-Hispanic householder / Owner occupied housing units ); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25003H Owner occupied housing units with a White Non-Hispanic householder / Owner occupied housing units )
African-American Homeowners (as a percentage of total owner occupied housing units)
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H14. Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is Black or African American alone / Total owner-occupied housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H14. Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is Black or African American alone / Total owner-occupied housing units; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25003B Owner-occupied housing units with householder who is Black or African American alone / Total owner-occupied housing units)

Housing Characteristics

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Overcrowded housing units
421 (±180.85)
9.45% (±4.08%)

32,292 (±1,275.95)
2.74% (±0.11%)
2017
Housing Vacancy
241 (±139.56)
5.13% (±2.97%)

58,819 (±2,141.77)
4.76% (±0.17%)
2017
Renters Spending More Than 30% of Income on Housing
1,519 (±272.88)
53.73% (±10.53%)

211,074 (±3,216.11)
48.60% (±0.82%)
2017
Housing Units Built Before 1940
1,159 (±197.72)
24.69% (±4.24%)

36,178 (±1,280.47)
2.93% (±0.10%)
2017
Data Definitions
Overcrowded housing units
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B25014. Number of housing units where is more than one occupant per room / Total housing units; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Table B25014. Number of housing units where is more than one occupant per room / Total housing units)
Housing Vacancy
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF1 Table H3. Vacant housing units / SF1 Table H1. Housing units; 2010:Census 2010 SF1 Table H3. Vacant housing units / SF1 Table H1. Housing units; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25002.Vacant housing units/ Total Housing units)
Renters Spending More Than 30% of Income on Housing
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF 3 Table H69. Gross rent more than 30% of household income in 1999 / renter-occupied housing units; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B25070. Gross rent more than 30% of household income in the past 12 months / renter-occupied housing units; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25070. Gross rent more than 30% of household income in the past 12 months / renter-occupied housing units)
Housing Units Built Before 1940
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2000:Census 2000 SF3 Table H34. Housing units built before 1940 / Total housing units; 2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B25034. Housing units built before 1940 / Total housing units;2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25034. Housing units built before 1940 / Total housing units)

Environmental Health

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Low-income people with low access to healthy food at 1 mile
37.48%
3,820

5.22%
145,352
2010
Children with low access to healthy food at 1 mile
64.78%
1,681

29.46%
202,021
2010
Data Definitions
Low-income people with low access to healthy food at 1 mile
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2010
Children with low access to healthy food at 1 mile
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2010

Labor and Employment

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Total Jobs
382

1,554,379
2015
Jobs with low wages
330
46.35%

319,335
19.82%
2017
Jobs with middle wages
278
39.04%

477,589
29.64%
2017
Jobs with high wages
71
18.59%

756,725
48.68%
2015
Industrial jobs
19
2.67%

325,764
20.22%
2017
Office jobs
N/A

21.21%
2017
Public jobs
97
13.62%

472,828
29.34%
2017
Retail jobs
333
46.77%

346,280
21.49%
2017
Other category jobs
209
29.35%

124,725
7.74%
2017
Average Annual Wage
$47,923.73 (±$0)

$76,413.22 (±$507.47)
2017
Unemployed in Civilian Labor Force
7.81% (±3.27%)
521 (±214.77)

4.64% (±0.12%)
79,391 (±1,965.78)
2017
Data Definitions
Total Jobs
Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Total jobs
Jobs with low wages
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Number of jobs with earnings $1250/month or less/Total jobs
Jobs with middle wages
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Number of jobs with earnings $1251/month to $3333/month/Total jobs
Jobs with high wages
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Number of jobs with earnings greater than $3333 per month/Total jobs
Industrial jobs
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) DatasetWAC - Number of jobs in NAICS sector(23,31-33,42,48-49) / Total jobs
Office jobs
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Number of jobs in NAICS sector(51;52;53;54) / Total jobs
Public jobs
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Number of jobs in NAICS sector(55;61;62;81;92) / Total jobs
Retail jobs
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Number of jobs in NAICS sector(44-45;71;72) / Total jobs
Other category jobs
Data Source: LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset WAC - Number of jobs in NAICS sector(11;21;22;56) / Total jobs
Average Annual Wage
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B19062. Aggregate Wage Or Salary Income In The Past 12 Months /Total household; 2016:ACS 2012-2016 5-Year Estimates Table B19062 Aggregate Wage Or Salary Income In The Past 12 Months /Total household); 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B19062 Aggregate Wage Or Salary Income In The Past 12 Months /Total household)
Unemployed in Civilian Labor Force
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B23025. Unemployed Population 16 Years And Over / Total Population 16 Years And Over in Civilian Workforce; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates TableB23025. Unemployed Population 16 Years And Over / Total Population 16 Years And Over in Civilian Workforce)

Land Use/Built Environment

IndicatorEast Colfax7 County Denver Metro RegionYear
Multi-Family Units
2,208 (±332.39)
47.03% (±7.01%)

N/A
N/A (±0%)
2017
% Residential Units within Half Mile of a Park
100%

97.07%
2010
Non-Residential Density
0.19

0.01
2010
Residential Density
48.36

29.43
2010
Median Residential Appraised Valuation
$94,400

N/A
2010
Single Family Units
52.76% (±4.43%)
2,477 (±201.43)

67.03% (±0.24%)
828,822 (±2,979.33)
2017
Parks acres/1,000 residents
8.41

549.87
2014
Publicly Subsidized Rental Housing Units
895

42,876
2010
Data Definitions
Multi-Family Units
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B25024. Multi-family units / Total housing units;2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25024. Multi-family units / Total housing units)
% Residential Units within Half Mile of a Park
Source: County Assessor/Greenprint Data (Denver Metro Green Space Study 2011)
Non-Residential Density
Source: County Assessor
Residential Density
Source: County Assessor
Median Residential Appraised Valuation
Source: County Assessor
Single Family Units
Source:U.S. Census Bureau(2010:ACS 2006-2010 5-Year Estimates Table B25024. Single family units / Total housing units; 2017:ACS 2013-2017 5-Year Estimates Table B25024. Single family units / Total housing units; 2015:ACS 2011-2015 5-Year Estimates Table B25024. Single family units / Total housing units)
Parks acres/1,000 residents
Source: Greenprint Data (Denver Metro Green Space Study 2011) / ACS 2010-2014 5-Year Estimates)
Publicly Subsidized Rental Housing Units
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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