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Thornton, CO vs Loveland, CO

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Highlights
- Loveland is 0% more densely populated than Thornton.
- People are 2.1% more likely to be married in Loveland.
- The Median Age is 6.5 years older in Loveland.
 Thornton, COLoveland, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock75,938329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock40.238.4
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 Population - 2010119,544  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock50,608285,036,114
 Population - 199055,031  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock65.0%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now169.1%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock2,218.293.4
 Land Area35.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.5264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Thornton, COLoveland, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.5%6.1%
 Age 10 to 148.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock2.9%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3416.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.9%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock11.8%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.5%1.9%
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 Race
 Thornton, COLoveland, COUnited States
 White52.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.5%12.2%
 Asian5.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock13.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Thornton, COLoveland, COUnited States
 Married Population53.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock53.9%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock45.2%50.2%
 Never Married32.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.7%10.8%
 Widowed3.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.302.60
 Households47,599  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock20,50380,755,759
     Married couple, w/children40.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock53.1%42.9%
 Non Family Households13,584  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock11.9%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
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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Reviews for Loveland    10 Reviews

I have lived in Loveland 40 years. Where to start? It would take all day to really go into detail so I will just say NO NO NO! It was nice once, now it is not,  More

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Loveland CO and Ft Collins are very near one another, and someday the whole place will probably be one big conglomeration! It was ok. My problem was that I never  More

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Over 8 years ago

I have lived here for 20 years and it used to be a quiet, cheap, sparsely populated and nice place to live. It took 10 minutes to go to the bank or drive across town  More

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