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Wheat Ridge, CO

32,070 Population
9.3 square miles 3,431.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Colorado: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,248 ±$5,248 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $57,998 ±$401
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $52,636 ±$298
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,564 ±$8,597 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $105,762 ±$739
  • a little less than the amount in Colorado: $95,470 ±$578
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±2.5% (3,535  ±779) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 8.4% 248,130 (±0.3% / ±7,315)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 9.4% 542,093 (±0.2% / ±10,771)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±2.4 (331,300  ±23,410) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 27 33,969,636 (±0.2 / ±280,471)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,030 ±551 Number of households
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,221,636 ±2,533
  • Colorado: 2,374,218 ±4,232
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (31,285  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 2.4 2,968,465 (±0 / ±371)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,737,481
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±2.5% (454  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 4.8% 36,325 (±0.2% / ±1,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 4.9% 69,739 (±0.2% / ±2,225)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,695 ±561 Number of housing units
  • the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 1,290,063 ±573
  • Colorado: 2,589,053 ±653
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$623,000 ±$16,592 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: $603,800 ±$2,575
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $539,400 ±$2,069
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16% ±2.9% (5,074  ±909.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 15.9% 473,390 (±0.3% / ±9,146.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Colorado: 15.9% 920,909 (±0.2% / ±13,111.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±4.4% (24,383  ±1,288.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 92.3% 1,965,919 (±0.5% / ±10,765.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 92.9% 3,804,007 (±0.4% / ±15,208.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47.8% ±3.4% (12,230  ±930.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 49.4% 1,051,860 (±0.3% / ±7,014.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 45.7% 1,871,669 (±0.2% / ±9,771.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.4% ±1.8% (2,050  ±579) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 12.5% 374,111
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.8% 576,653
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.1% (1,841  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area: 6% 142,877 (±0.1% / ±2,891)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 7.5% 342,276 (±0.1% / ±3,997)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,841 Total veterans ±307 1,730 Male ±297 111 Female ±68

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