Housing density: 1,211 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $633,099.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,846 (lower quartile is $1,513, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,820
Median gross rent in Broomfield, CO in 2022: $1,951
Housing units in Broomfield with a mortgage: 13,103 (1,161 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 1,055 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 576
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $168,472
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $105,979
11,790 married couples with children.
2,596 single-parent households (657 men, 1,939 women).
86.3% of residents of Broomfield speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 9,284 (12.2%)
(51.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 46.3% Number of people working at home: 12,410 (29.3% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 188
5 to 9 minutes: 3,397
10 to 14 minutes: 3,254
15 to 19 minutes: 4,138
20 to 24 minutes: 5,740
25 to 29 minutes: 2,142
30 to 34 minutes: 5,007
35 to 39 minutes: 1,323
40 to 44 minutes: 1,308
45 to 59 minutes: 2,690
60 to 89 minutes: 828
90 or more minutes: 319
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 30,366 (63.4%)
Carpooled: 3,040 (6.3%)
Bus: 501 (1.0%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 6 (0.0%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 21 (0.0%)
Ferryboat: 41 (0.1%)
Taxi: 685 (1.4%)
Bicycle: 154 (0.3%)
Walked: 504 (1.1%)
Worked at home: 12,410 (25.9%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.1%Males
1.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
2.8%Males
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
14.2%Males
17.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
0.6%Males
1.1%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
0.8%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
2.4%Males
1.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.0%Males
2.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Broomfield, Colorado
1,7332010 or later
2,2882000 to 2009
1,7311990 to 1999
5921980 to 1989
4211970 to 1979
343Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 4,243 (12.4%)
English: 3,546 (10.4%)
American: 2,383 (7.0%)
Irish: 2,247 (6.6%)
European: 2,137 (6.2%)
Italian: 1,340 (3.9%)
Polish: 776 (2.3%)
Norwegian: 495 (1.4%)
Scottish: 443 (1.3%)
Dutch: 399 (1.2%)
French Canadian: 379 (1.1%)
Swedish: 346 (1.0%)
Eastern European: 293 (0.9%)
French: 287 (0.8%)
British: 217 (0.6%)
Czech: 204 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 201 (0.6%)
Scandinavian: 183 (0.5%)
Danish: 161 (0.5%)
Russian: 149 (0.4%)
Northern European: 145 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 137 (0.4%)
Greek: 120 (0.4%)
African: 118 (0.3%)
Iranian: 103 (0.3%)
Welsh: 96 (0.3%)
Syrian: 92 (0.3%)
Lebanese: 78 (0.2%)
Finnish: 73 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 72 (0.2%)
Bulgarian: 70 (0.2%)
Swiss: 57 (0.2%)
Palestinian: 57 (0.2%)
Canadian: 54 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 53 (0.2%)
Romanian: 52 (0.2%)
Iraqi: 51 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 51 (0.1%)
Jamaican: 50 (0.1%)
Slovak: 48 (0.1%)
Sudanese: 36 (0.1%)
Croatian: 35 (0.1%)
Australian: 33 (0.10%)
Yugoslavian: 30 (0.09%)
New Zealander: 28 (0.08%)
Brazilian: 27 (0.08%)
Slavic: 27 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.07%)
Austrian: 22 (0.06%)
Arab: 21 (0.06%)
Slovene: 18 (0.05%)
Luxembourger: 16 (0.05%)
Jordanian: 14 (0.04%)
Assyrian: 14 (0.04%)
Armenian: 13 (0.04%)
Czechoslovakian: 12 (0.04%)
Belgian: 11 (0.03%)
Albanian: 6 (0.02%)
Moroccan: 4 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Broomfield:
21.1% (1,691)
Colorado:
38.3% (209,491)
India
Broomfield:
13.2% (1,063)
Colorado:
4.0% (21,689)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Broomfield:
7.6% (612)
Colorado:
3.3% (17,998)
Vietnam
Broomfield:
4.3% (348)
Colorado:
3.0% (16,616)
Canada
Broomfield:
3.9% (313)
Colorado:
2.7% (15,026)
Philippines
Broomfield:
3.8% (304)
Colorado:
2.3% (12,342)
Germany
Broomfield:
3.5% (284)
Colorado:
2.5% (13,706)
Korea
Broomfield:
2.8% (221)
Colorado:
2.9% (15,981)
Poland
Broomfield:
2.5% (200)
Colorado:
0.9% (4,772)
Nepal
Broomfield:
2.5% (197)
Colorado:
1.0% (5,214)
Iran
Broomfield:
2.1% (170)
Colorado:
0.7% (3,568)
Guatemala
Broomfield:
1.7% (133)
Colorado:
1.4% (7,898)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 26,646
Other state: 39,768
Northeast: 7,289
Midwest: 13,330
South: 7,881
West: 11,268
85.4% of Broomfield residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 11.7% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 64.1% lived in Colorado.
Broomfield:
85.4%
State average:
83.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 189
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 786
10th grade: 43
11th grade: 564
12th grade, no diploma: 372
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,814
Less than 1 year of college: 1,042
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,692
Associate degree: 3,005
Bachelor's degree: 9,175
Master's degree: 4,172
Professional school degree: 693
Doctorate degree: 1,551
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 200
Nursery to 4th grade: 165
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 0
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 72
11th grade: 263
12th grade, no diploma: 492
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,764
Less than 1 year of college: 561
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,963
Associate degree: 2,923
Bachelor's degree: 8,870
Master's degree: 5,578
Professional school degree: 497
Doctorate degree: 901
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 18,602
One, attached: 3,396
3 or 4: 415
5 to 9: 1,397
10 to 19: 1,783
20 to 49: 2,239
50 or more: 4,468
Mobile homes: 522
Median worth of mobile homes: $90,500
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.8%