Arvada, Colorado

Arvada population, 2020 to 2024

Arvada lost 2,490 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +167. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 71st; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Arvada is 8.7 times that size.

Arvada covers 38.99 square miles of land and 0.66 of water, for 3,126 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Arvada is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Arvada spans

Arvada crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 121,873 residents as follows; Jefferson County holds 97.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arvada

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Arvada by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80002, 80003, 80004, 80005, 80007, 80403. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Arvada is

The Census internal point of Arvada is at 39.833700, -105.150300. Denver, the capital, is 10.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lakewood, CO (156,868 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Westminster, CO, 5.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,679 m (5,509 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Arvada

At 39.83° N, Arvada gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Arvada daylight page.

Places near Arvada

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Wheat Ridge, 4.9 miles away, with 31,999 people.