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Dining room in home of Manuel Alcala, miner, living in company housing project. National Fuel Company, Monarch Mine... …1946
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Dining room in home of Manuel Alcala, miner, living in company housing project. National Fuel Company, Monarch Mine... …, 1946

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Consolidated city and county in Colorado, United States
2001Established
74,112Population
33.5 sq miArea
5,344 ftElevation

Broomfield is a consolidated city and county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. It has a consolidated government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10–13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. Broomfield's population was 74,112 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 15th most populous municipality and the 12th most populous county in Colorado. Broomfield is a part of the ten-county Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the 18-county Front Range Urban Corridor.

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ZIP code80020, 80021, 80023
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Housing in Broomfield

$621K▼ 0.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Broomfield home is worth about $621,000, down 0.7% in a year, 17% above the Colorado typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market16
Sale-to-list99.8%
Sold in May110
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Safety in Broomfield

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Safety Grade C+

Broomfield reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 62% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Broomfield 1.5
Colorado 4.4
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Broomfield 14.9
Colorado 22.3
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A-

The public schools Broomfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#16Best public schoolsof 142 in CO
DistrictAdams 12 Five Star SchoolsSchools21

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