Thornton
What’s happening
Weather
Forecast →Upcoming events
Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.
Local news
Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.
The Thornton album
Outdoors in Thornton
Parks & trails →Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About Thornton
Home rule city in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United StatesThornton is a home rule city located in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. The city population was 141,867, all in Adams County, at the 2020 United States census, an increase of 19.44% since the 2010 United States census. Thornton is the sixth-most-populous city in Colorado and the 191st-most-populous city in the United States. Thornton is 10 miles (16 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver and is a part of the Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
How Thornton ranks
All →Town numbers
Housing in Thornton
The typical Thornton home is worth about $492,000, down 2.2% in a year, 8% below the Colorado typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Thornton
Safety Grade C-
Thornton reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 81% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 50%.
Schools in Thornton
All Thornton schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Thornton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CO. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Thornton is
Explore map →
Location map