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Thornton, CO vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara is 0% more densely populated than Thornton.
- People are 19.8% less likely to be married in Santa Barbara.
- The Median Age is 5.4 years older in Santa Barbara.
 Thornton, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock89,132329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock39.138.4
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 Population - 2010119,544  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock92,325285,036,114
 Population - 199055,031  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-2.2%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now169.1%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock4,570.493.4
 Land Area35.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock22.5264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Thornton, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.3%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  Unlock6.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3416.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock11.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.5%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock11.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Thornton, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 White52.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock1.5%12.2%
 Asian5.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.6%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock36.2%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Thornton, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Married Population53.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock41.0%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock56.9%50.2%
 Never Married32.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock11.1%10.8%
 Widowed3.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.382.60
 Households47,599  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock19,54680,755,759
     Married couple, w/children40.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock48.6%42.9%
 Non Family Households13,584  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock16.2%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 Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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