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Commerce City, CO vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton is 0% more densely populated than Commerce City.
- People are 3.3% less likely to be married in Thornton.
- The Median Age is 0.8 years older in Thornton.
 Commerce City, COThornton, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock140,538329,725,481
 Female Population49.4%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.6%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock33.738.4
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 Population - 201046,033  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock82,384285,036,114
 Population - 199016,466  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock79.8%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now260.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,980.693.4
 Land Area35.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock2.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Commerce City, COThornton, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 48.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 148.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3414.5%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5414.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.0%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 841.9%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock0.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Commerce City, COThornton, COUnited States
 White41.8%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.8%12.2%
 Asian2.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock36.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Commerce City, COThornton, COUnited States
 Married Population55.5%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.4%48.0%
 Married but Separated2.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock46.3%50.2%
 Never Married31.5%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.5%10.8%
 Widowed3.0%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.942.60
 Households19,510  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock34,01580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children44.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock35.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households4,626  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock15.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.3%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  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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