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Four Square Mile is a small city of 23,024 people in Arapahoe County, Colorado. It's about 6 miles from Denver, CO. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $474k and rent runs about $2k a month.
23,024people
$474kTypical home
$1,833/moRent
91° / 47°Summer / winter
49"Snow
284Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 23,024
- Part of a metro area
- About 8,521 people per sq mi
- 6 mi to Denver, CO
- 6 mi to Denver, CO
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $474k (≈$2,990/mo)
- Median rent $1,833/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 284 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 81 cloudy days a year
- 25 of 90 winter days are gray
- 49" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 4 days a year over 100°F
- 21 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (617 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,599 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 31
- 27% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 47% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to DEN airport
- 17 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 49 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 27% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 5,450 ft
- 745 mi to the ocean
- 57 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 34 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 96 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,286 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 394 bars within 25 mi
- 839 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 32 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 59 museums within 25 mi
- 132 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Colorado districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Arapahoe County: D+20 in 2024
- Colorado: D+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk