Dacono is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 6,748 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dacono is the 78th largest community in Colorado. Much of the housing stock in Dacono was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Dacono economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Dacono, where the median household income is $99,389.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dacono is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dacono is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dacono who work in office and administrative support (11.93%), business and financial occupations (9.04%), and management occupations (8.93%). Also of interest is that Dacono 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 Dacono telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.32% 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. One downside of living in Dacono, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.90 minutes every day commuting to work. In terms of college education, Dacono is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.73% of adults in Dacono have a college degree. The per capita income in Dacono in 2022 was $40,649, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,596 for a family of four. However, Dacono contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dacono is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dacono home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dacono residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Dacono also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dacono include German, English, Irish, Polish, and European. The most common language spoken in Dacono is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
