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Wheat Ridge PUMA, CO

119,263 Population
41.5 square miles 2,870.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Colorado: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$61,731 ±$3,643 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $54,531 ±$713
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$116,402 ±$9,984 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $97,113 ±$1,081
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.2% ±2.2% (7,273  ±2,570) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 9.6% 560,040 (±0.4% / ±25,707)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.5 minutes ±0.3 (1,338,955  ±51,719) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 25.2 61,223,800 (±0.1 / ±368,978)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

49,879 ±2,266 Number of households
  • Colorado: 2,479,892 ±8,293
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (118,104  ±4,266) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Colorado: 2.4 5,828,363
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±1.8% (1,381  ±547) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Colorado: 5.2% 75,577 (±0.4% / ±5,202)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,543 ±2,627 Number of housing units
  • Colorado: 2,662,111 ±3,196
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$655,800 ±$15,973 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Colorado: $574,600 ±$3,773
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.8% ±2.6% (13,928  ±3,107.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Colorado: 14.2% 836,283 (±0.4% / ±25,616.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.3% ±3% (86,218  ±4,616.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Colorado: 93.2% 3,917,493 (±0.8% / ±32,413.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
52.7% ±2.9% (47,179  ±3,299) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Colorado: 47.8% 2,008,558 (±0.5% / ±22,920.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

10.4% ±2.4% (12,337  ±2,845.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Colorado: 16.2% 899,275 (±0.2% / ±9,241)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.2% ±1.8% (7,447  ±2,125) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 10.6% 628,683
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.9% (4,166  ±909) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Colorado: 7% 328,370 (±0.2% / ±9,257)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,166 Total veterans ±909 3,394 Male ±775 772 Female ±418

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