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Arvada, CO
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Living in Arvada



Arvada is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 121,581 people and 30 constituent neighborhoods, Arvada is the seventh largest community in Colorado.

Housing costs in Arvada are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.

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

A relatively large number of people in Arvada telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.05% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

The citizens of Arvada are among the most well-educated in the nation: 45.36% of adults in Arvada have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Arvada in 2018 was $47,614, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $190,456 for a family of four.

Arvada is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Arvada home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arvada residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Arvada also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.18% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Arvada include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

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