Thornton · Adams County

Contractor sites for Thornton, built on the numbers.

Thornton is a fast-growing Adams County city with young housing and high broadband — a family, owner-occupied market on the metro's north side.

Aerial view of a growing subdivision with new housing at its edgePhoto: Sean P. Twomey / Pexels

Thornton by the numbers

US Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates. Sourced in full below.

Population
144,187
Median age
34.7
Median household income
$103,088
Median home value
$517,500
Owner-occupied
71.4%
Broadband access
96.5%
Self-employed
8.7%
Median year built
1997

What the data says about building here

Thornton is young and growing. The median resident is 34.7 and the median home was built in 1997 — new for the metro — so the work here tilts toward finishing, additions, and upgrades on relatively modern housing rather than deep restoration.

It is highly connected (broadband in 96.5% of households) and heavily owner-occupied (71.4%) across 144,187 residents — a family, buy-and-stay market on the metro's north side that does its shopping online first.

Thornton anchors to Adams County's 11,319 establishments and $13.2B in annual payroll (CBP 2023), which includes 1,871 construction firms employing about 24,532 people.

The Adams County business base

Thornton's market sits inside Adams County's 11,319 employer establishments and $13.2B in annual payroll (County Business Patterns 2023). 1,871 of those are construction firms employing about 24,532 people — the trades a site like this is built for.

What we build for Thornton contractors

Run a contracting business in Thornton? Tell us about it through the form. You'll get a plain answer on scope, price, and fit — and the standing disclosure that we're a Campbell Digital Studio brand out of Daphne, Alabama, with no Thornton office. The work runs remotely.

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