Colorado · Census place 84440
Wheat Ridge city, CO
Quick answer
Wheat Ridge city has 32,158 residents, ranking #30 of 482 places in Colorado. Median household income is $87,598, the median home is worth $584,700 and median gross rent runs $1,493 a month.
- Population
- 32,158Wheat Ridge city residents
- Median household income
- $87,598Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $584,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,493Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 52.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Wheat Ridge city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Wheat Ridge city median would spend about 20.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 6.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.2% of residents and 52.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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