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Palmer Lake, CO vs Castle Rock, CO

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Highlights
- Castle Rock is 0% more densely populated than Palmer Lake.
- People are 5.0% less likely to be married in Castle Rock.
- The Median Age is 17.5 years younger in Castle Rock.
 Palmer Lake, COCastle Rock, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock71,037329,725,481
 Female Population48.9%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population51.1%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock35.738.4
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 Population - 20102,542  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock20,224285,036,114
 Population - 19901,480  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock248.9%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now105.2%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock2,073.293.4
 Land Area3.1  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Palmer Lake, COCastle Rock, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 41.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock8.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 143.0%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock5.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.4%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock3.6%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3413.4%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock16.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 547.7%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 6413.2%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock6.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.8%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Palmer Lake, COCastle Rock, COUnited States
 White81.1%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.5%12.2%
 Asian0.7%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.3%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.6%0.4%
 Two or More Races0.6%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock11.0%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Palmer Lake, COCastle Rock, COUnited States
 Married Population65.8%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock61.8%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock37.5%50.2%
 Never Married21.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock10.0%10.8%
 Widowed4.5%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.832.60
 Households1,119  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock19,11280,755,759
     Married couple, w/children17.3%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock37.4%42.9%
 Non Family Households299  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock8.6%15.8%
     Single householder, no children4.0%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Palmer Lake    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Palmer Lake is nestled against the mountains, just north of the United States Air Force Academy between Colorado Springs and Denver. With a population of less than 1500  More

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Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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