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Broken Arrow, OK vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton is 0% more densely populated than Broken Arrow.
- People are 6.9% less likely to be married in Thornton.
- The Median Age is 3.3 years younger in Thornton.
 Broken Arrow, OKThornton, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock140,538329,725,481
 Female Population51.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock33.738.4
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 Population - 201099,085  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock82,384285,036,114
 Population - 199058,043  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock79.8%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now92.4%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,980.693.4
 Land Area61.8  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock2.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Broken Arrow, OKThornton, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 47.3%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 147.5%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3413.8%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5413.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.8%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock0.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Broken Arrow, OKThornton, COUnited States
 White68.1%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.8%12.2%
 Asian4.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races8.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock36.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Broken Arrow, OKThornton, COUnited States
 Married Population57.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.4%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.4%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock46.3%50.2%
 Never Married25.9%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.5%10.8%
 Widowed5.4%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.942.60
 Households41,786  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock34,01580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children35.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock35.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households11,348  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock15.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.2%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Broken Arrow    5 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Broken Arrow is a nice place to live. With 88,000 people it still holds a small town atmosphere. It's affordable (although the state tax is high - 8.5%) and has  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am thinking about moving to the Broken Arrow area. I am looking for someone to help me out by sending me a newspaper, shopping guide or anything they think would be  More

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Housing here in Broken Arrow is relatively cheap if you are looking to buy a house you can usually get a 4 bedroom 2 bath about 2400 square foot home for around $130,000  More

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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 5 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 10 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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