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Oak Creek, WI vs Thornton, CO

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- Thornton is 0% more densely populated than Oak Creek.
- People are 2.5% more likely to be married in Thornton.
- The Median Age is 5.5 years younger in Thornton.
 Oak Creek, WIThornton, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock140,538329,725,481
 Female Population49.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population51.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock33.738.4
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 Population - 201034,491  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock82,384285,036,114
 Population - 199019,513  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock79.8%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now86.9%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock3,980.693.4
 Land Area28.4  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock2.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Oak Creek, WIThornton, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.0%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock7.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.8%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock4.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 202.2%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.5%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3416.6%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock15.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5413.5%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.8%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.4%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.9%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock0.7%1.9%
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 Race
 Oak Creek, WIThornton, COUnited States
 White75.4%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.8%12.2%
 Asian7.0%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.3%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.1%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock36.7%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Oak Creek, WIThornton, COUnited States
 Married Population52.4%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.4%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock46.3%50.2%
 Never Married31.3%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.5%10.8%
 Widowed4.8%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.942.60
 Households15,262  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock34,01580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children32.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock35.8%42.9%
 Non Family Households5,987  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock15.7%15.8%
     Single householder, no children9.6%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Oak Creek    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I live in a suburb of a large city. Oak Creek is a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it is the most southern suburb before going into Racine County. It use to be a nice  More

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Before you move to Oak Creek, Wisconsin do your homework. Check out the neighbors first...We have lived here 10 years and I hate it. The neighbors are snobs, they call  More

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Over 19 years ago

Wisconsin is brutal and oppresive to its residents with respect to property taxes. A $200k house can easily fetch a $5,000 per year property tax bill. That's over $400  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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