The Town of Lochbuie ( ) is a statutory town located in Weld and Adams counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town population was 8,088 at the 2020 United States census.
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.5 km), of which, 1.3 square miles (3.5 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km) of it (1.47%) is water.
History Lochbuie was developed in the 1960s as the Spacious Living Mobile Home Park and known as Space City until it was incorporated in 1974.Dexheimer, Eric. "Turning Water into Whine", Westword, August 20, 1998, accessed March 6, 2011 The town was named Lochbuie after Lochbuie, Mull, in Scotland.Capace, Nancy The Encyclopedia of Colorado
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lochbuie had a population of 8,088. The median age was 30.6 years. 31.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 6.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 101.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 101.4 males age 18 and over.
96.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 3.5% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,515 households in Lochbuie, of which 48.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 59.6% were married-couple households, 15.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 16.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 14.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,565 housing units, of which 1.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9% and the rental vacancy rate was 3.3%.
+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census Race Number Percent White 4,769 59.0% Black or African American 107 1.3% American Indian and Alaska Native 147 1.8% Asian 117 1.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 11 0.1% Some other race 1,678 20.7% Two or more races 1,259 15.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 3,683 45.5% See also Front Range Urban Corridor North Central Colorado Urban Area Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO Combined Statistical Area Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
References
External links Town of Lochbuie website
https://kekbfm.com/colorado-ugliest-town-2024/