Dacono is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 6,488 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dacono is the 78th largest community in Colorado. Dacono has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Dacono, where the median household income is $94,783.00.Unlike some cities, Dacono isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dacono are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dacono is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dacono who work in office and administrative support (12.48%), healthcare (7.90%), and management occupations (7.72%). 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: 15.13% 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. One downside of living in Dacono is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dacono, the average commute to work is 33.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Dacono does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Dacono citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.38% of adults in Dacono have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Dacono in 2022 was $37,467, 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 $149,868 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 28.47% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dacono include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Dacono is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
