About Larkspur

Larkspur is a very small town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 4,152 people and just one neighborhood, Larkspur is the 91st largest community in Colorado.

Larkspur is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.76% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Larkspur is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Larkspur who work in management occupations (21.96%), office and administrative support jobs (12.07%), and sales jobs (11.05%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.30% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Larkspur, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.40 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Larkspur doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Larkspur Information and Demographics

The citizens of Larkspur are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 44.74% of adults in Larkspur have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Larkspur in 2000 was $36,842, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $147,368 for a family of four. However, Larkspur contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Larkspur is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.