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About Arvada
City in Colorado, USArvada () is a home rule city located in Jefferson and Adams counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 124,402 at the 2020 United States census, with 121,510 residing in Jefferson County and 2,892 in Adams County. Arvada is the seventh most populous city in Colorado. The city is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The Olde Town Arvada historic district is 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
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Housing in Arvada
The typical Arvada home is worth about $601,000, down 2.1% in a year, 13% above the Colorado typical home.
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Safety in Arvada
Safety Grade C-
Arvada reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 79% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 54%.
Schools in Arvada
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The public schools Arvada’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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