† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGoldenColoradoUnited States
German23.6%17.9%12.5%
English16.5%12.6%9.5%
Irish15.0%11.2%9.4%
Italian7.3%4.9%4.8%
American3.8%3.5%5.3%
Polish3.6%2.1%2.2%
Scottish3.1%2.5%1.3%
French2.7%2.0%1.6%
Mexican5.3%15.8%11.3%
Spanish0.6%1.2%—
Spaniard0.5%1.0%—
Puerto Rican0.2%0.7%1.8%
Chinese0.8%0.6%1.3%
Vietnamese0.8%0.4%0.6%
Asian Indian0.6%0.6%1.4%
Korean0.4%0.3%0.4%
Filipino0.3%0.3%0.9%
Japanese0.3%—0.2%
African American†0.9%2.8%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Golden
Colorado
United States
Median age
34.6
37.9
39.1
Age 18–24
20.1%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.1%
15.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Golden
Colorado
United States
Median household income
$98,582
$95,470
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.6%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
59.1%
45.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Golden
Colorado
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.8%
16.2%
22.3%
Spanish
3.5%
11.1%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
0.4%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.8%
1.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Golden
Colorado
United States
Catholic
—
15.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
64.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Golden, Colorado
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+11.3%
2008
+24.8%
2012
+22.4%
2016
+29.5%
2020
+44.2%
2024
+43.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
70.4%Harris7,889
26.5%Trump2,970
3.1%
D+43.9
R+0.3
D+45.4
11,207
D
70.7%Biden8,439
26.5%Trump3,167
2.8%
D+44.2
D+14.7
D+39.7
11,936
D
59.6%Clinton6,565
30.1%Trump3,315
10.3%
D+29.5
D+7.1
D+27.4
11,015
D
60.0%Obama6,107
37.6%Romney3,826
2.4%
D+22.4
R+2.4
D+18.6
10,180
D
61.3%Obama5,803
36.5%McCain3,456
2.2%
D+24.8
D+13.4
D+17.5
9,468
D
54.6%Kerry4,640
43.3%Bush3,677
2.0%
D+11.3
—
D+13.8
8,491
Golden anchors Jefferson County's urban edge, where a college-town demographic and a legacy industrial employer coexist alongside rapid Front Range growth that has steadily shifted the city's voter composition over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.2 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 43.9 points.
A population of 20,417, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,582 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mission and Richmond Heights.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Golden, Colorado voted Democratic by 43.9 points (D+43.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 11,207 votes cast, 7,889 went Democratic and 2,970 went Republican.
How many people live in Golden, Colorado?
Golden, Colorado has a population of 20,417 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Golden, Colorado?
Median household income in Golden, Colorado is $98,582 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Golden, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Golden, Colorado from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
