Dacono is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 6,487 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Dacono is the 78th largest community in Colorado. Much of the housing stock in Dacono was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Dacono economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Dacono, where the median household income is $73,050.00.
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 (13.08%), healthcare (9.01%), and management occupations (7.98%).
A relatively large number of people in Dacono telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.62% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
One downside of living in Dacono, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.88 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, Dacono is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.12% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dacono in 2018 was $29,804, which is middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,216 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 30.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dacono include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Dacono is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.