Cold semi-arid
Lakewood, Colorado
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 156k · 5,518 ft elevation
Living in Lakewood
Lakewood has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (58″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (72% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lakewood: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,900 ft around town.
Lakewood at a glance
- Population
- 156k
- Elevation
- 5,518 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 58″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,195 hrs83th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $548k84th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,746/mo78th percentile
- Median household income
- $86k62th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.47%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.078th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 51%
- Violent crime rate
- 675 per 100k94th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,517 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,856 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 45°F | 22°F | 0.6″ | 8.0″ | 210 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 22°F | 0.8″ | 8.6″ | 205 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 29°F | 1.3″ | 9.2″ | 252 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 2.4″ | 9.1″ | 261 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 2.6″ | 1.7″ | 292 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 54°F | 2.1″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 60°F | 2.0″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 58°F | 1.9″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 49°F | 1.4″ | 0.3″ | 294 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 37°F | 1.1″ | 5.2″ | 256 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 28°F | 0.8″ | 9.2″ | 218 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 20°F | 0.5″ | 6.7″ | 202 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology