2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Thornton, CO vs Mead, CO

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Highlights
- Household income in Mead, is 19% more than it is in Thornton and is 33% above the National Average.
- Thornton unemployment rate is 6.9%.
- Mead unemployment rate is 6.9%.
 Thornton, COMead, COUnited States
 Unemployment Rate6.9%6.9%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth2.8%4.1%1.6%
 Future Job Growth47.4%50.1%33.5%
 Sales Taxes8.5%4.9%6.2%
 Income Taxes4.6%4.6%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$35,181$42,652$37,638
 Household Income$86,818$103,375$69,021
 Family Median Income$97,078$111,613$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Thornton, COMead, COUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K4.3%5.0%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.5%0.7%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K5.6%0.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K6.1%8.0%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K6.2%2.0%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.6%10.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K10.8%14.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K16.7%5.5%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K22.6%25.0%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K10.5%8.6%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.2%19.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Thornton, COMead, COUnited States
 Management, business, finance15.2%18.6%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science7.8%8.4%6.5%
 Community, social services1.2%1.3%1.8%
 Legal0.9%0.0%1.2%
 Education, library4.7%3.2%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment1.5%1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.1%8.1%6.2%
 Healthcare support2.4%0.4%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement2.4%2.4%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving4.6%6.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance3.5%1.1%3.6%
 Personal care2.8%0.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.4%25.0%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair11.4%9.2%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving13.8%13.2%13.1%
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 4 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 9 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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