City safety & data profile
ThorntonCO
Thornton, CO is a 133K-resident city in Adams County with a median household income of $103,088.
Adams County, Colorado. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Thornton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Thornton has a population larger than 95% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $517,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-03
- 133K
- Population (place)
- Top 5%
- By size
- $103,088
- Median income (place)
- $517,500
- Median home (place)
- 7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Thornton
Thornton posts a median household income higher than 72% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Thornton area.
- Top 28%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Thornton
Where Thornton income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$103,088 Top 28% higher than 72% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in CO
Population among 59 CO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Denver
Denver, CO
729,019 residents
- Colorado Spr…
Colorado Springs, CO
456,568 residents
- Aurora
Aurora, CO
359,407 residents
- Fort Collins 170,924
Fort Collins, CO
170,924 residents
- Lakewood 152,597
Lakewood, CO
152,597 residents
- Thornton 133,451
Thornton, CO
133,451 residents
- Westminster 116,317
Westminster, CO
116,317 residents
- Arvada 115,368
Arvada, CO
115,368 residents
- Centennial 109,741
Centennial, CO
109,741 residents
- Pueblo 109,412
Pueblo, CO
109,412 residents
What this shows Denver is the largest CO city on this list; The Pinery leads median income.
Highest median incomes in CO
Median household income among the same 59-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- The Pinery
The Pinery, CO
$194,446 median
- Erie
Erie, CO
$173,349 median
- Superior
Superior, CO
$159,434 median
- Highlands Ra…
Highlands Ranch, CO
$159,307 median
- Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek, CO
$153,776 median
- Greenwood Vi…
Greenwood Village, CO
$149,029 median
- Louisville
Louisville, CO
$147,319 median
- Black Forest
Black Forest, CO
$145,460 median
- Castle Rock
Castle Rock, CO
$145,197 median
- Parker
Parker, CO
$133,369 median
What this shows The Pinery posts the highest place-level median income in CO; Denver is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Thornton, CO beyond the headline numbers
Thornton sits inside Adams County, Colorado, at roughly 39.87°N, -104.97°W. Population 133,451, $103,088 median household income. Median home value $517,500, median rent $1,895. Poverty rate 7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Thornton, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
At 7%, poverty in Thornton, CO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
A median home in Thornton runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
15.3% of Thornton workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 26% in Thornton, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Thornton's median age is 34.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Thornton from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Adams County): Thornton's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 7% -44% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 32.8% |
| Work From Home | 15.3% |
| Public Transit | 1.6% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Thornton?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Thornton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet CO-THORNTON · Thornton
Thornton: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Thornton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Colorado state hubs · Methodology
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Thornton, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CO (7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CO ($103,088 here).
Compare Thornton with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Thornton's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Thornton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Thornton against Colorado peers on any ranking lens. Explore Colorado
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Adams County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.