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Thornton city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Thornton city is a Census city of 144,187 people across 36.52 square miles of land, in Adams County. Median household income is $103,088, 71.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 144 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $81.6 m.
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Thornton
What Thornton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area36.52 sq mi
- Water area2.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,948
- County holding the largest share of its areaAdams County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
How many people live in Thornton
- Population144,187
- Median age34.7
- Population under 1835,976
- Share under 1825.0 percent
- Population 65 and over15,590
- Share 65 and over10.8 percent
- Households50,566
- Family households35,533
- Share of households that are families70.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
Income and work in Thornton
- Median household income$103,088
- Per capita income$43,571
- Civilian labor force82,564
- Employed78,851
- Unemployed3,713
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over93,803
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
Housing in Thornton
- Housing units52,250
- Occupied units50,566
- Vacant units1,684 plus or minus 423
- Vacancy rate3.2 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Owner occupied36,109
- Renter occupied14,457
- Ownership rate71.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$517,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,895
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.1 percent
- Single family units37,878
- Share single family72.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11,962
- Share in buildings of two or more22.9 percent
- Mobile homes2,410
- Median year structure built1997
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
How Thornton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute65,768
- Commuting under 15 minutes10,001
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more32,576
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.5 percent
- Drove alone71.1 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent
- Public transport1.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home15.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Thornton
SBA 7(a) lending to Thornton borrowers
- Approvals144
- Gross approval$81,559,000
- Average approval$566,382
- Median approval$205,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,541,000
- Largest approval$4,320,000
- Jobs supported1,353
- Jobs per approval9.4
- Loans with a final outcome26
- Paid in full23
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.5 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.5 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders47
- Distinct industries by NAICS69
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Thornton
SBA 504 lending to Thornton borrowers
- Approvals33
- Gross approval$50,327,000
- Average approval$1,525,061
- Median approval$722,000
- Largest approval$5,497,000
- Jobs supported617
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Adams County, not Thornton
Adams County context, not Thornton figures
These are Adams County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Thornton measurements.
- Establishments in Adams County11,319
- Employment at those establishments, Adams County207,227
- Covered employment, Adams County249,299
- Average annual pay, Adams County$73,817
- Average weekly wage, Adams County$1,420
- Housing units permitted, Adams County2,371
- Of those, single family, Adams County2,028
- County product, 2024, Adams County$43,102,130,000
- County product change over the prior year, Adams County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Adams County$63,727
Every figure in this section is published for Adams County as a whole and is not a measurement of Thornton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Thornton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Thornton, Colorado?
144,187, in 50,566 households. Thornton city covers 36.52 square miles of land, which is 3,948 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Thornton in?
Adams County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Thornton?
$103,088. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $517,500. Median gross rent is $1,895 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Thornton businesses?
144 7(a) approvals totalling $81.6 m, across 47 lenders, median approval $205,000, plus 33 504 approvals worth $50.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Thornton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Thornton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 26 loans that have reached a final outcome, 23 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.5 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Thornton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Adams County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Thornton.
Is zoning published for Thornton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.