Boulder Is Different

The Boulder Economic Council recently released its 2010 Economic Profile of Boulder, Colorado. As a guy who enjoys numbers, the data is both entertaining and optimistic. Below are some interesting facts on our city:


• Population: 103,606; Housing units: 43,878 (includes CU students who reside in Boulder)

o 2.361 people for every housing unit

• Mean travel time to work: 18.9 minutes vs. national average of 25.5 minutes

• 73% of Boulder residents work in Boulder vs. national average of 31.1% nationally work in their city

• Average rent: $976 vs. $824 national (This was surprisingly low for anyone looking to rent a place.)

• 50.6% of all housing units are rentals vs. 33.4% nationally

• 19.3% of Boulder residents walk or bike to work vs. 4.6% nationally

• 9.6% of Boulderites work from home vs. 4.1% national (Why would you want to live in North Dakota if you worked from home?)

• Home price appreciation year over year: -2.3% Boulder, -4.6% Colorado, and -6.8% national

• $46 million in venture capital for the first half of 2010 in Boulder County

• Unemployment rate: 6.4%, state 8.0%, and national 9.5%

With more than twenty-three pages of detailed statistics on the City of Boulder and surrounding metropolitan area, there are answers to your questions and great trivia for your friends.