One downside of living in Denver is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Denver, the average commute to work is 34.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Denver is a very car-oriented town. 96.62% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Denver is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Denver has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Denver is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Denver ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Denver, 41.77% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Denver in 2022 was $35,642, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,568 for a family of four. However, Denver contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Denver home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Denver residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Denver include English, German, European, Scottish, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Denver is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
