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Wheat Ridge, CO (Colorado) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $615,062 (it was $165,000 in 2000)
Wheat Ridge:

$615,062
Colorado:

$531,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $455,628 - $789,367

Total population: 31,034 (All urban)

Houses: 15,919 (14,979 occupied: 7,767 owner occupied, 7,094 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

48%
State:

34%

Housing density: 1,751 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $513,589.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,391 (lower quartile is $1,076, upper quartile is $1,802)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,992


Median gross rent in Wheat Ridge, CO in 2022: $1,458

Housing units in Wheat Ridge with a mortgage: 5,446 (530 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 469 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 209

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $128,914

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $71,738

Median monthly housing costs: $1,517

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Wheat Ridge, Colorado Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1958

Median year apartment built: 1973

Household type by relationship:

Households: 32,019
  • Male householders: 6,008 (1,989 living alone), Female householders: 8,555 (3,326 living alone)
  • 5,579 spouses (5,513 opposite-sex spouses), 1,329 unmarried partners, (1,273 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,642 children (6,319 natural, 60 adopted, 262 stepchildren), 516 grandchildren, 351 brothers or sisters, 185 parents, 0 foster children, 174 other relatives, 1,893 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 783

Size of family households: 3,795 2-persons, 2,034 3-persons, 980 4-persons, 421 5-persons, 60 6-persons, 104 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,588 1-person, 1,619 2-persons, 341 3-persons, 90 4-persons.

3,007 married couples with children.
1,290 single-parent households (275 men, 1,015 women).

93.3% of residents of Wheat Ridge speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,012 (3.2%)
(82.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.7
State:

6.8

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.2
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • 0no bedroom
  • 1771 bedroom
  • 2,1122 bedrooms
  • 3,3683 bedrooms
  • 1,4204 bedrooms
  • 6915+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • 249no bedroom
  • 1,9301 bedroom
  • 3,2402 bedrooms
  • 1,2533 bedrooms
  • 1994 bedrooms
  • 2245+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Wheat Ridge in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Wheat Ridge in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 237no vehicle
  • 2,1201 vehicle
  • 3,4372 vehicles
  • 1,4383 vehicles
  • 4574 vehicles
  • 785+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Wheat Ridge in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Wheat Ridge in renter-occupied apartments
  • 950no vehicle
  • 2,9671 vehicle
  • 2,2622 vehicles
  • 7203 vehicles
  • 1144 vehicles
  • 815+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • 01 room
  • 152 rooms
  • 2883 rooms
  • 9164 rooms
  • 9635 rooms
  • 1,4716 rooms
  • 1,0257 rooms
  • 1,0968 rooms
  • 1,9949+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • 2231 room
  • 2552 rooms
  • 1,3743 rooms
  • 2,7804 rooms
  • 8735 rooms
  • 7156 rooms
  • 3657 rooms
  • 3998 rooms
  • 1109+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Wheat Ridge, CO
Wheat Ridge city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Wheat Ridge, CO household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Wheat Ridge, CO in 2022
  • 728Less than $10,000
  • 1,121$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,087$20,000 to $29,999
  • 817$30,000 to $39,999
  • 1,068$40,000 to $49,999
  • 954$50,000 to $59,999
  • 884$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,744$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,780$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,268$125,000 to $149,999
  • 1,483$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,732$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Wheat Ridge, CO

  • Distribution of house value in Wheat Ridge, CO in 2022
  • 119Less than $10,000
  • 10$10,000 to $14,999
  • 38$20,000 to $24,999
  • 20$25,000 to $29,999
  • 4$40,000 to $49,999
  • 29$50,000 to $59,999
  • 19$60,000 to $69,999
  • 10$125,000 to $149,999
  • 37$150,000 to $174,999
  • 13$175,000 to $199,999
  • 165$200,000 to $249,999
  • 84$250,000 to $299,999
  • 888$300,000 to $399,999
  • 880$400,000 to $499,999
  • 3,621$500,000 to $749,999
  • 1,067$750,000 to $999,999
  • 467$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 25$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 36$2,000,000 or more

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Wheat Ridge, CO

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Wheat Ridge, CO in 2022
  • 105Less than $100
  • 34$150 to $199
  • 66$200 to $249
  • 12$250 to $299
  • 53$300 to $349
  • 107$350 to $399
  • 35$400 to $449
  • 5$450 to $499
  • 96$500 to $549
  • 73$650 to $699
  • 104$700 to $749
  • 71$750 to $799
  • 92$800 to $899
  • 414$900 to $999
  • 997$1,000 to $1,249
  • 1,473$1,250 to $1,499
  • 1,477$1,500 to $1,999
  • 779$2,000 to $2,499
  • 229$2,500 to $2,999
  • 80$3,000 to $3,499
  • 39$3,500 or more
  • 256No cash rent
Work and jobs in Wheat Ridge: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 56.3%
Number of people working at home: 4,117 (23.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 194
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,109
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 1,509
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 1,991
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 2,991
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 883
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 2,802
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 425
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 452
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 826
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 405
  • 90 or more minutes: 230
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Wheat Ridge

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 14,283 (67.0%)
  • Carpooled: 1,632 (7.7%)
  • Bus: 261 (1.2%)
  • Long-distance train or commuter rail: 15 (0.1%)
  • Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 6 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 182 (0.9%)
  • Bicycle: 26 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 330 (1.5%)
  • Worked at home: 4,117 (19.3%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 4.1%Males
  • 3.3%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 24.1%Males
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 3.9%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 7.3%Males
  • 3.6%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 6.9%Males
  • 3.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
  • 2242010 or later
  • 2192000 to 2009
  • 2701990 to 1999
  • 2881980 to 1989
  • 1871970 to 1979
  • 465Before 1970
Ancestries in Wheat Ridge, CO

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 1,932 (14.3%)
  • English: 1,141 (8.4%)
  • Irish: 886 (6.5%)
  • American: 860 (6.4%)
  • Italian: 545 (4.0%)
  • Swedish: 493 (3.6%)
  • European: 451 (3.3%)
  • Scottish: 280 (2.1%)
  • Polish: 278 (2.1%)
  • Scandinavian: 183 (1.4%)
  • Dutch: 157 (1.2%)
  • Hungarian: 143 (1.1%)
  • French: 129 (1.0%)
  • Norwegian: 81 (0.6%)
  • Swiss: 73 (0.5%)
  • French Canadian: 70 (0.5%)
  • Northern European: 63 (0.5%)
  • Eastern European: 57 (0.4%)
  • Russian: 50 (0.4%)
  • Czech: 47 (0.3%)
  • Ukrainian: 47 (0.3%)
  • British: 45 (0.3%)
  • Slovene: 45 (0.3%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 38 (0.3%)
  • Lithuanian: 33 (0.2%)
  • Afghan: 31 (0.2%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.2%)
  • African: 24 (0.2%)
  • Greek: 24 (0.2%)
  • Finnish: 23 (0.2%)
  • Canadian: 23 (0.2%)
  • Brazilian: 14 (0.1%)
  • Slavic: 12 (0.09%)
  • Basque: 7 (0.05%)
  • Icelander: 7 (0.05%)
  • Slovak: 5 (0.04%)
  • Assyrian: 4 (0.03%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Wheat Ridge:

28.5% (319)
Colorado:

38.3% (209,491)

England
Wheat Ridge:

12.8% (143)
Colorado:

1.2% (6,672)

Vietnam
Wheat Ridge:

9.7% (109)
Colorado:

3.0% (16,616)

Costa Rica
Wheat Ridge:

4.6% (52)
Colorado:

0.2% (824)

Argentina
Wheat Ridge:

4.3% (48)
Colorado:

0.6% (3,016)

Hungary
Wheat Ridge:

4.1% (46)
Colorado:

0.2% (1,186)

Netherlands
Wheat Ridge:

3.7% (41)
Colorado:

0.3% (1,640)

South Africa
Wheat Ridge:

3.5% (39)
Colorado:

0.5% (2,472)

Poland
Wheat Ridge:

3.4% (38)
Colorado:

0.9% (4,772)

Italy
Wheat Ridge:

3.4% (38)
Colorado:

0.4% (2,057)

Ukraine
Wheat Ridge:

2.8% (31)
Colorado:

0.8% (4,267)

Afghanistan
Wheat Ridge:

2.6% (29)
Colorado:

0.3% (1,730)

Venezuela
Wheat Ridge:

2.5% (28)
Colorado:

0.9% (4,829)

Russia
Wheat Ridge:

2.1% (24)
Colorado:

1.4% (7,860)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Wheat Ridge:

1.8% (20)
Colorado:

3.3% (17,998)

Philippines
Wheat Ridge:

1.5% (17)
Colorado:

2.3% (12,342)

Nepal
Wheat Ridge:

1.5% (17)
Colorado:

1.0% (5,214)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 15,896
  • Other state: 14,609
  • Northeast: 2,466
  • Midwest: 5,422
  • South: 2,993
  • West: 3,728

85.6% of Wheat Ridge residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33.6% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68.6% lived in Colorado.


Wheat Ridge:

85.6%
State average:

83.6%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 127
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 54
  • 7th and 8th grade: 34
  • 9th grade: 7
  • 10th grade: 112
  • 11th grade: 217
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 140
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,679
  • Less than 1 year of college: 497
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,782
  • Associate degree: 824
  • Bachelor's degree: 3,646
  • Master's degree: 1,332
  • Professional school degree: 156
  • Doctorate degree: 184
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 77
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 24
  • 5th and 6th grade: 14
  • 7th and 8th grade: 45
  • 9th grade: 61
  • 10th grade: 87
  • 11th grade: 97
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 275
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,937
  • Less than 1 year of college: 1,042
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,736
  • Associate degree: 971
  • Bachelor's degree: 3,760
  • Master's degree: 1,705
  • Professional school degree: 198
  • Doctorate degree: 163
Educational Attainment for Females
Wheat Ridge marital status for males
Wheat Ridge marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 8,341
  • One, attached: 2,173
  • Two: 432
  • 3 or 4: 712
  • 5 to 9: 860
  • 10 to 19: 1,493
  • 20 to 49: 1,118
  • 50 or more: 752
  • Mobile homes: 33
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.6%

House/condo owner moved in on average 13 years ago

Renter moved in on average 4 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Wheat Ridge
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Wheat Ridge, CO
  • 82.8%Utility gas
  • 14.3%Electricity
  • 0.9%No fuel used
  • 0.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.6%Wood
  • 0.4%Solar energy
  • 0.3%Other fuel
  • 0.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Wheat Ridge, CO
  • 55.1%Utility gas
  • 36.7%Electricity
  • 3.4%No fuel used
  • 2.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.9%Other fuel
  • 0.3%Solar energy

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 141
Here:

7.3%
Colorado:

11.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68
Here:

8.3%
Colorado:

8.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 67
Here:

8.5%
Colorado:

14.0%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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