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Arvada city, Colorado: commercial real estate data.
Arvada city is a Census city of 122,634 people across 38.99 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $117,348, 75.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 255 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $171.8 m.
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Arvada
What Arvada is
- Census place typecity
- Land area38.99 sq mi
- Water area0.66 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,145
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 98.5 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.
Arvada
How many people live in Arvada
- Population122,634
- Median age40.0
- Population under 1824,063
- Share under 1819.6 percent
- Population 65 and over21,331
- Share 65 and over17.4 percent
- Households49,881
- Family households32,931
- Share of households that are families66.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arvada
Income and work in Arvada
- Median household income$117,348
- Per capita income$59,662
- Civilian labor force71,860
- Employed69,154
- Unemployed2,706
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over89,945
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arvada
Housing in Arvada
- Housing units52,169
- Occupied units49,881
- Vacant units2,288
- Vacancy rate4.4 percent
- Owner occupied37,573
- Renter occupied12,308
- Ownership rate75.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$632,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,888
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.3 percent
- Single family units40,251
- Share single family77.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11,868
- Share in buildings of two or more22.7 percent
- Mobile homes30 plus or minus 41
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arvada
How Arvada gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute51,328
- Commuting under 15 minutes10,298
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more19,989
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.9 percent
- Drove alone67.3 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home24.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Arvada
SBA loans in Arvada (7(a))
- Approvals255
- Gross approval$171,778,300
- Average approval$673,640
- Median approval$276,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,864,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported3,311
- Jobs per approval13.0
- Loans with a final outcome67
- Paid in full59
- Charged off8
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.9 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.3 percent
- Share to franchises18.0 percent
- Distinct lenders65
- Distinct industries by NAICS111
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Arvada
SBA loans in Arvada (504)
- Approvals60
- Gross approval$56,913,000
- Average approval$948,550
- Median approval$722,000
- Largest approval$5,017,000
- Jobs supported664
- Loans with a final outcome18
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.1 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Arvada
Jefferson County context, not Arvada figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Arvada measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County17,999
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County210,701
- Covered employment, Jefferson County248,082
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$78,598
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$1,512
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County1,172
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County932
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$46,222,558,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$87,753
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Arvada. 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
Arvada questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Arvada, Colorado?
122,634, in 49,881 households. Arvada city covers 38.99 square miles of land, which is 3,145 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Arvada in?
Jefferson County, which holds 98.5 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Arvada?
$117,348. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $632,600. Median gross rent is $1,888 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Arvada businesses?
255 7(a) approvals totalling $171.8 m, across 65 lenders, median approval $276,000, plus 60 504 approvals worth $56.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Arvada, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Arvada borrowers get paid back?
Of the 67 loans that have reached a final outcome, 59 were paid in full and 8 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.9 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Arvada figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson 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 Arvada.
Is zoning published for Arvada?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.