Ken Caryl is a medium-sized town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 30,838 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Ken Caryl is the 21st largest community in Colorado.

Ken Caryl is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Ken Caryl is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ken Caryl who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.31%), sales jobs (15.08%), and management occupations (13.79%).

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

In addition, Ken Caryl 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.

Ken Caryl is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Ken Caryl's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Ken Caryl is a very car-oriented town: 97% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Ken Caryl is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

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

Ken Caryl Information and Demographics

The citizens of Ken Caryl are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.35% of adults in Ken Caryl have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ken Caryl in 2000 was $27,931, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,724 for a family of four. However, Ken Caryl contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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