City · Arapahoe County, Colorado

Englewood, Colorado

Englewood is a city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area. It has 34,129 residents. Englewood, Colorado has a quality-of-life score of 73 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,280 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Colorado it ranks #95 of 220 cities and towns. It ranks best on dentists (high), new business applications (high) and average weekly wage (high). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), property crime rate (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

73High

Quality-of-life score: #4,280 of 15,651 cities and towns
Colorado: #95 of 220 in CO
Population: 34,129 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 5,201.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 0824785

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety22#12,219/15,637
Economy79#3,307/15,631
Housing27#10,969/14,977
Health75#3,932/15,609
Healthcare87#2,101/15,650
Environment40#9,315/15,453
Education77#3,592/15,649
Infrastructure85#2,299/15,650
Community82#2,819/15,651
Leisure & amenities55#7,020/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Englewood, Colorado ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Arapahoe County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Dentists · high120 /100k
97/100Colorado 88 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteArapahoe County value
New business applications · high25.5 /1k
96/100Colorado 23.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauArapahoe County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,708
93/100Colorado $1,618United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsArapahoe County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,768 /100k
92/100Colorado 1,686 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteArapahoe County value
Adult obesity · low25.8%
92/100Colorado 27.1%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Mental health providers · high530 /100k
90/100Colorado 518 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteArapahoe County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high15 days
4/100Colorado 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyArapahoe County value
Property crime rate · high2,313 /100k
7/100Colorado 2,144 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationArapahoe County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.6×
7/100Colorado 5.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Violent crime rate · high533 /100k
9/100Colorado 422 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationArapahoe County value
Drug overdose deaths · high26.4 /100k
15/100Colorado 28.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataArapahoe County value
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
16/100Colorado 0.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsArapahoe County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedWorsening
7.4 /1k (2021) → 2.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−65%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 9.3% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$59,774 (2015-2019) → $86,800 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
40.4% (2015-2019) → 49.3% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
13.7% (2015-2019) → 7.7% (2020-2024)
−6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.0% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Englewood, Colorado improved on 6 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved6

Child poverty−13 points21.8% → 9.3%
Bachelor's++9 points40.4% → 49.3%
Poverty−6 points13.7% → 7.7%
Household income+45%$59,774 → $86,800
Commute−2.9 min25.5 min → 22.6 min

Declined2

Price / income+0.8×5.8× → 6.6×
Transit use−3.1 points6.2% → 3.0%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Englewood, Colorado between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.5 min2015-2019	22.6 min2020-2024	−2.9 min	Improved	78%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%2015-2019	49.3%2020-2024	+9 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	86.0%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	34%
Child poverty rate	21.8%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	86%
Effective property tax rate	0.46%2015-2019	0.48%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Home price to income ratio	5.8×2015-2019	6.6×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4292020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$59,7742015-2019	$86,8002020-2024	+45%	Improved	80%
Poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	−6 points	Improved	84%
Public transit commuters	6.2%2015-2019	3.0%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Declined	10%
Rent as share of income	32.9%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	57.5%2015-2019	53.5%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2015-2019	4.3%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.5%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Englewood, Colorado five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Englewood, Colorado in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Englewood, Colorado itself moved +5.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

34,129 residents (±40)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

16,805 households (±602)

Englewood, Colorado
Colorado share

Under $25k11%1,783
$25k–50k15%2,471
$50k–75k18%3,053

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

16,805 households (±602)

Englewood, Colorado
Colorado share

Own49%8,271
Rent51%8,534

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

20,873 workers (±650)

Englewood, Colorado
Colorado share

Drive alone63%13,200
Carpool5.6%1,171
Public transit3.0%†633

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Arapahoe County, the county holding most of Englewood's residents.

Arapahoe County has 20,137 employer establishments, 302 for every 10,000 residents (1.22× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Colorado's), with 321,810 paid employees at an average annual pay of $76,250. The Census Bureau also counts 76,340 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,137; 76,340 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 302; US 248 · Colorado 309
Paid employees: 321,810
Average annual pay: $76,250; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Arapahoe County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,061	31	1.49×More than typical	30,269	$75,897	3,827
Lessors of real estate	1,443	21.7	1.76×More than typical	6,593	$72,682	7,069
Specialty trade contractors	1,368	20.5	1.33×More than typical	15,677	$76,358	5,081
Restaurants and other eating places	1,278	19.2	1.05×About typical	25,598	$27,889	327
Real estate agents and brokers	746	11.2	2.30×More than typical	1,068	$83,480	1,853
Management, scientific and technical consulting	711	10.7	1.59×More than typical	4,811	$103,072	3,060
Offices of other health practitioners	683	10.3	1.69×More than typical	4,250	$56,039	1,816
Limited-service restaurants	563	8.5	1.05×About typical	11,171	$24,471	157
Insurance agencies and brokerages	541	8.1	1.85×More than typical	5,014	$108,205	989
Computer systems design and related services	532	8	1.85×More than typical	7,516	$121,158	888
Construction of buildings	531	8	1.05×About typical	6,136	$108,175	2,120
Full-service restaurants	514	7.7	1.01×About typical	11,856	$32,336	111

Rank places for an industry Open Arapahoe County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 665,778 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $4.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Englewood, Colorado: $128 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4.4M; +5.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $128; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 18%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$2M46%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$910.2K21%
Defense Logistics Agency$707.1K16%
Department of the Air Force$385.1K8.8%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$218.1K5.0%
Department of the Navy$88.6K2.0%
United States Mint$18.4K0.4%
Bureau of Reclamation$7,8500.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.6MFY2017
2.8MFY2018
2.2MFY2019
3.9MFY2020
4.6MFY2021
4.8MFY2022
4.9MFY2023
3.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.3M29%
General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$662.4K15%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$660.8K15%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$652.9K15%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$381.1K8.7%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Englewood, Colorado

MINOR DESIGN - INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH - MADISON$1.6M
VALHALLA ENGINEERING GROUP, LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Construction & real property· Sep 27, 2023 – Jun 4, 2026· 36C77623C0179
PROJECT NUMBER: 437-316 AE DESIGN FOR CONSTRUCT MENTAL HEALTH OUTPATIENT BUILDING 52 ADDITION AND CONSTRUCTION PERIOD SERVICES FOR THE FARGO VAHCS.$1.3M
VALHALLA ENGINEERING GROUP, LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Construction & real property· Feb 3, 2021 – Feb 9, 2026· 36C26321N0392
AE DESIGN SERVICES$1.2M
VALHALLA ENGINEERING GROUP, LLC· Arapahoe County, CO· Construction & real property· Jul 2, 2024 – May 27, 2026· 36C24624C0055

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Englewood, Colorado, so they do not add up across cities.

Englewood, Colorado's figures are part of those of Arapahoe County, CO ($866.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Englewood is mostly in Arapahoe County.

See federal money in Arapahoe County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Englewood, Colorado is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

John W. HickenlooperD-

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Arapahoe County75100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO78

Other cities and towns in Arapahoe County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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