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Wheat Ridge, CO

32,158 Population
9.3 square miles 3,441.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$54,879 ±$3,752 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $55,529 ±$397
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $50,489 ±$291
$87,598 ±$8,880 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $102,339 ±$695
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $92,470 ±$483

10.2% ±2.1% (3,225  ±677) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.2% 240,699 (±0.2% / ±6,191)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 534,188 (±0.2% / ±8,960)

23.9 minutes ±0.5 (343,870  ±21,825) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27.3 35,125,344 (±0.1 / ±268,861)
  • a little less than the figure in Colorado: 25.5 62,864,504 (±0.1 / ±390,290)

Families

15,041 ±533 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,201,206 ±2,792
  • Colorado: 2,325,576 ±4,759
2.1 ±0.1 (31,372  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.5 2,942,936 (±0 / ±388)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.5 5,687,919

6.6% ±2.7% (499  ±210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 4.7% 35,158 (±0.2% / ±1,362)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Colorado: 4.8% 67,887 (±0.2% / ±2,375)

Housing

15,805 ±525 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,268,353 ±380
  • Colorado: 2,545,124 ±462

$584,700 ±$18,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $570,300 ±$2,129
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $502,200 ±$2,298

15% ±2.9% (4,783  ±920.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 16.5% 485,456 (±0.3% / ±9,650.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 16.6% 956,271 (±0.2% / ±12,925.7)

Social

94.3% ±4.5% (23,986  ±1,285.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.3% 1,938,613 (±0.5% / ±10,112.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 92.8% 3,746,088 (±0.4% / ±14,617.6)
44.5% ±3% (11,302  ±801.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 48.4% 1,016,094 (±0.3% / ±6,874.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 44.7% 1,806,355 (±0.2% / ±9,538.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.6% ±1.1% (1,485  ±353) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 12.1% 360,307
  • about half the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 556,591

7% ±1.4% (1,891  ±388) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 6.4% 148,067 (±0.1% / ±2,123)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.7% 348,913 (±0.1% / ±3,930)
1,891 Total veterans ±388 1,697 Male ±356 194 Female ±106

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