Broomfield is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 38,297 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Broomfield is the 17th largest community in Colorado.

Broomfield is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Broomfield is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Broomfield who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.15%), management occupations (13.10%), and sales jobs (11.04%).

Also of interest is that Broomfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Broomfield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

The city of Broomfield is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

Broomfield Information and Demographics

The population of Broomfield is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.91% of adults in Broomfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Broomfield in 2000 was $26,488, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,952 for a family of four. However, Broomfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Broomfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Broomfield is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Broomfield include German, Irish, English, Italian, French, Swedish, Polish, Scottish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Broomfield is English. Some people also speak Spanish.