Living in Denver
Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South Platte River Valley in the High Plains, east of the Front Range in the Rocky Mountains. Downtown Denver is located east of the confluence of the Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 24 miles east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official altitude is exactly one mile (1609 meters) above sea level. The city of Denver was founded in November 1858 as a mining town during the Pikes Peak gold rush in western Kansas territory.
The largest industries are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services, Health Care & Social Assistance , and Retail Trade, and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises, Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction, and Finance & Insurance.
Median household income in Denver, CO is $68,300.
The most important universities in Denver are University of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and Regis University.The median tuition costs in this city are $33,200 for private four year colleges, and $16,000 respectively, for public four year colleges.
The median property value in Denver increased to $436,000 from the previous year’s value of $395,100, which is larger than the national average.