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Thornton, CO vs Severance, CO

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- Severance is 0% more densely populated than Thornton.
- People are 30.9% more likely to be married in Severance.
- The Median Age is 1.0 years younger in Severance.
 Thornton, COSeverance, COUnited States
 Population  Unlock7,691329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock32.738.4
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 Population - 2010119,544  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock597285,036,114
 Population - 199055,031  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock1,178.7%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now169.1%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock893.393.4
 Land Area35.3  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Thornton, COSeverance, COUnited States
 Age 0 to 46.9%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock10.9%6.1%
 Age 10 to 148.9%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.6%3.9%
 Age 18 to 203.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock4.3%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3416.0%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock16.6%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.9%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock3.8%6.7%
 Age 60 to 644.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock5.9%9.6%
 Age 75 to 842.6%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock0.0%1.9%
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 Race
 Thornton, COSeverance, COUnited States
 White52.7%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.7%12.2%
 Asian5.1%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.5%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.6%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock13.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Thornton, COSeverance, COUnited States
 Married Population53.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock69.7%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.3%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock29.7%50.2%
 Never Married32.6%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock6.4%10.8%
 Widowed3.2%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.982.60
 Households47,599  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock2,19280,755,759
     Married couple, w/children40.7%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock41.9%42.9%
 Non Family Households13,584  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock11.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.8%  Unlock10.8%
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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews
D · Thornton, CO
Whiny boomers in the reviews
Over 3 years ago

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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Alli · Thornton, CO
Plenty of Housing
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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Karen · Denver, CO
Population is exploding
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 Severance    1 Reviews
Christine · Windsor, CO
Loving the small town life
Over 16 years ago

We moved here two years ago from Southern California and really love it. Although Severance is really small compared to where we were before, the neighbors are friendly  More

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