What is the population of Dakota Ridge CDP?

Dakota Ridge CDP has 34,159 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 482 in Colorado.

What is the median household income in Dakota Ridge CDP?

Median household income in Dakota Ridge CDP is $120,368 a year, 53.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dakota Ridge CDP?

Median gross rent is $2,103 a month and the median home value is $570,400, so rent absorbs about 21% of median household income.

Is Dakota Ridge CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dakota Ridge CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Dakota Ridge, CO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Dakota Ridge, Colorado (Dakota Ridge, CO — Census place “Dakota Ridge CDP”) is 34,159 residents, ranking #27 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $120,368, the median home is worth $570,400 and median gross rent runs $2,103 a month. Looking for the Dakota Ridge Colorado ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Dakota Ridge, CO: 80127, 80235.

Population: 34,159Dakota Ridge CDP residents
Median household income: $120,368Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $570,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,103Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82.8%Owner-occupied households

Dakota Ridge ZIP codes (Colorado)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dakota Ridge.

The Dakota Ridge CO ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Dakota Ridge CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Dakota Ridge CDP median would spend about 21% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.1% of residents and 82.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Dakota Ridge CDP, CO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Dakota Ridge CDP is a small city in Colorado, with 34,159 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 482 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 40.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Dakota Ridge CDP earn a median of $120,368 a year, 53.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 39% above the $86,484 median for the 223 Colorado cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 4.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Dakota Ridge CDP is valued at $570,400, 88% above the national figure and 26% above the $453,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,103 a month, 49.6% above the national figure, or roughly $25,236 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 82.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Dakota Ridge CDP?: Dakota Ridge CDP has 34,159 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 482 in Colorado.
What is the median household income in Dakota Ridge CDP?: Median household income in Dakota Ridge CDP is $120,368 a year, 53.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dakota Ridge CDP?: Median gross rent is $2,103 a month and the median home value is $570,400, so rent absorbs about 21% of median household income.
Is Dakota Ridge CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dakota Ridge CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Dakota Ridge CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.