Arvada, CO Location Overview
The city of Arvada is located in Jefferson and Adams counties, Colorado. The city population was 124,402 as the 2020 U.S. Census, with 121,510 residing in Jefferson County and 2,892 residing in Adams County. Arvada is the seventh most populous city in Colorado. The city is part of the Denver-Aurora, Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. Arvada is approximately 12 miles from downtown Denver, 8 miles from Golden, and 21 miles from Boulder. The economy of Arvada, CO employs 65.2k people.
The largest industries in Arvada, CO are Health Care & Social Assistance (8,279 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (7,096 people), and Retail Trade (5,875 people), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($107,222), Utilities ($87,969), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($82,176).
