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Broomfield, CO vs Lake Forest, CA

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- Lake Forest is 0% more densely populated than Broomfield.
- People are 0.6% less likely to be married in Lake Forest.
- The Median Age is 1.7 years older in Lake Forest.
 Broomfield, COLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock85,516329,725,481
 Female Population49.8%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.2%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock40.138.4
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 Population - 201056,212  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock58,707285,036,114
 Population - 199024,638  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock45.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now193.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock5,141.793.4
 Land Area33.0  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Broomfield, COLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.0%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.7%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.8%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.7%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.8%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.6%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.4%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.9%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5414.1%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.0%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.4%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.7%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.5%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.5%1.9%
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 Race
 Broomfield, COLake Forest, CAUnited States
 White75.6%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock2.3%12.2%
 Asian6.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.1%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.5%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.9%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock23.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Broomfield, COLake Forest, CAUnited States
 Married Population55.6%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock54.2%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock44.7%50.2%
 Never Married29.4%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.0%10.8%
 Widowed4.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.852.60
 Households29,487  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock21,67780,755,759
     Married couple, w/children36.9%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock43.1%42.9%
 Non Family Households10,460  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock8.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.2%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Broomfield    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived in Broomfield for almost 25 years. We moved here to raise kids and for the schools in Boulder Valley School District (without having to live and pay for  More

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Broomfield, Colorado is a great place to live if you don’t actually want to live in a real town with character, real shops, restaurants, and a sense of community but  More

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Broomfield has all the advantages of Colorado (or around Denver), things like good weather and overall a decent economy, growing demographics, good schools, and views of  More

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Reviews for Lake Forest    16 Reviews

I've lived in Lake Forest for over a decade, before that elsewhere in OC and also up in LA. Lake Forest isn't perfect but it's really improved over the past decade,  More

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As a retired senior who has lived in Lake Forest (formerly El Toro) since 1977 I think LF is a great place if you can afford it. When we moved here in June '77 homes  More

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I’ve lived here for 2 years. Ok, it’s more like a 4 but there are so many idiots downplaying what it’s like here and giving Lake Forest ones and twos. There are a lot of  More

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