Buying a Home in Thornton, Colorado

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Thornton is located in Adams County

Population: 82,384

Thornton, Colorado: A City of Planned Progress

Location: 10 miles north of downtown Denver, adjacent to Interstate 25 and within close proximity to Denver International Airport

Population: Approximately 82,000 as of the 2000 Census

Size: 26 square miles

Date Incorporated: 1956

Largest Employers: TeleTech (1500), Adams County School Districts 1& 12 (1360), EchoStar (1279), American Furniture Warehouse (565), North Suburban Medical Center (550), Nature Smart (480), City of Thornton Municipality (462)

Schools: primarily served by Adams County School Districts 1 and 12, there are four high schools, five middle schools and fourteen elementary schools

Local Government: Home rule, City Manager form of government with a 9-member City Council

Median Household After-Tax Income: $38,859 in 1999 (compared to $35,377 national average and $39,739 Metro Denver average)

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