Dacono is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 6,748 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dacono is the 78th largest community in Colorado. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Dacono, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Dacono, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Dacono’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Dacono does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $104,559.00.Dacono is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dacono is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dacono who work in office and administrative support (10.87%), sales jobs (9.08%), and healthcare (8.73%). Also of interest is that Dacono has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 16.23% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Dacono, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The percentage of people in Dacono who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.94% of adults in Dacono have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dacono in 2022 was $45,472, which is middle income relative to Colorado, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,888 for a family of four. However, Dacono contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dacono is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dacono home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dacono residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Dacono also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.79% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dacono include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Dacono is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
