Greenwood Village, Colorado

The City of Greenwood Village is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States.<ref name=COMun/> The city population was 15,691 at the 2020 United States census.<ref name=2020_Census/> Greenwood Village is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

History

The city is named for the Greenwood Ranch.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The area was developed during the 1860s when settlers came from the East and Midwest looking for gold. By the early 1900s, it had become a farming community<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but did not incorporate until 1950. Starting in the 1970s, Greenwood Village grew rapidly with the development of the Denver Technological Center. Mayor Freda Poundstone resisted efforts by neighboring Denver to annex more land for the Tech Center, which resulted in the 1974 Poundstone Amendment. This effectively froze Denver's boundaries in place and allowed Greenwood Village to annex prime properties along the I-25 corridor. This in turn raised objections from residents of unincorporated Arapahoe County, who were losing their tax base as a result, and led to the incorporation of Centennial in 2001. Now as of 2010 Greenwood Village is itself hemmed in by Centennial's boundaries, and has had three rare cases of deannexation – in 1985, 2011, and 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Geography

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of Template:Convert including Template:Convert of water.<ref name=2020_Census/>

Demographics

As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 11,035 people, 3,997 households, and 3,097 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 4,206 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 93.90% White, 1.14% African American, 0.19% Native American, 2.55% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.61% from other races, and 1.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.12% of the population.

There were 3,997 households, out of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.8% were married couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.15. Greenwood Village resides within the Cherry Creek School District. West Middle School and Campus Middle School feed Cherry Creek High School.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.7% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 32.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $116,147, and the median income for a family was $145,802. Males had a median income of $99,088 versus $41,991 for females. The per capita income for the city was $69,189. About 1.5% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.1% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over. To compare, the average US income for 2000 was $48,476.

Educational background for population 25 years and over in Greenwood Village:

• High school or higher: 98.5%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 72.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 31.2%
• Unemployed: 2.6%
• Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Greenwood Village city

• Never married: 21.4%
• Now married: 66.5%
• Separated: 0.9%
• Widowed: 2.6%
• Divorced: 8.5%

8.3% Foreign born (2.8% Europe, 2.5% Latin America, 1.6% Asia, 1.1% North America).

Economy

Template:More citations needed section Greenwood Village includes part of the Denver Technological Center (DTC). Companies currently based in Greenwood Village include:

• Air Methods, in the DTC, moved there in 2017<ref name=MillerHQMove>Template:Cite news</ref>
• American Medical Response
• Charter Communications
• CoBank
• CSG International
• Empower Retirement
• Excelacom
• Great-West
• Jacobs Engineering
• Newmont Goldcorp Corporation
• Red Robin
• RMR Colorado, LLC (Black-eyed Pea Colorado restaurants)<ref>Home page. Black-eyed Pea Colorado. Retrieved on April 16, 2014. "RMR Colorado, LLC Greenwood Village, CO 80111"</ref><ref>"RMR Colorado, LLC." Black-eyed Pea Colorado. Retrieved on April 16, 2014. "5347 South Valentia Way Suite 305 Greenwood Village, CO 80111-3107 United States"</ref>
• Weather Nation TV<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Xanterra Parks and Resorts

Companies that were based in Greenwood Village, CO:

• Adelphia
• GapWest Broadcasting
• JD Edwards
• Molycorp
• Tele-Communications Inc.
• Weather Nation TV<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• First Data's headquarters were located in Greenwood Village.<ref>"Contact Us." First Data. June 19, 2000. Retrieved on December 9, 2009.</ref><ref>"City Boundary Map." City of Greenwood Village. Retrieved on December 9, 2009.</ref> In 2009, First Data announced that it was moving its headquarters from Greater Denver to Greater Atlanta.<ref>McGaw, Renee. "First Data moving HQ to Atlanta." Denver Business Journal. Friday August 14, 2009. Retrieved on December 9, 2009.</ref>

Top employers

According to the city's 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the top employers in the city were:

#	Employer	# of Employees
1	Empower Retirement	1,000—1,500
2	Comcast Cable Communications, LLC	1,000—1,500
3	Great West Life & Annuity Insurance	1,000—1,500
4	Cherry Creek School District #5	1,000—1,500
5	Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company	500—1,000
6	Charter Communications Holding Company LLC	500—1,000
7	Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC	500—1,000
8	Travelers Indemnity Company	500—1,000
9	CoBank	500—1,000
10	Newmont International Services, Limited	200—500

Education

Cherry Creek School District, which covers most of the municipality,<ref name=USCensusMap2020>Template:Cite web - Text list.</ref> is based in Greenwood Village.

A portion is in the Littleton School District 6.<ref name=USCensusMap2020/>

Higher education:

• Metropolitan State University of Denver has a satellite campus.
• Regis University has a satellite campus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Entertainment

Greenwood Village is the site of the Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, an 18,000-seat outdoor venue.

Notable people

Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Greenwood Village include:

• Clare Gallagher (born 1992), ultra-distance runner
• Phillip S. Figa (1951–2008), U.S. federal judge<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mike Law (born 1979), lacrosse forward<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sam Raben (born 1997), soccer player
• Brian Watson (born 1971), entrepreneur, author, and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• Colorado
  • Bibliography of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
  • Outline of Colorado
• List of counties in Colorado
• List of municipalities in Colorado
• List of places in Colorado
• List of statistical areas in Colorado
  • Front Range Urban Corridor
  • North Central Colorado Urban Area
  • Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area
  • Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
• Arrest of Robert Seacat

External links

• City of Greenwood Village website
• CDOT map of the City of Greenwood Village