Broomfield, Colorado

Broomfield population, 2020 to 2024

Broomfield added 3,829 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +1,294. Among 79 Colorado places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by +3.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Colorado has 14,061 people, so Broomfield is 5.6 times that size.

Broomfield covers 32.97 square miles of land and 0.58 of water, for 2,376 people per square mile of land. The median Colorado place of 5,000+ has 1,848, so Broomfield is denser than the typical town.

What county Broomfield is in

All of Broomfield's residents live in Broomfield County, which had 78,323 residents in 2024. Broomfield holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Broomfield

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Broomfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 80020, 80021, 80023, 80516. 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 Broomfield is

The Census internal point of Broomfield is at 39.953600, -105.050800. Denver, the capital, is 15.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westminster, CO (115,302 people), 5.1 miles away.

Daylight in Broomfield

At 39.95° N, Broomfield gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Broomfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Colorado, measured between internal points. The closest is Lafayette, 3.8 miles away, with 30,587 people.