Wheat Ridge, Colorado Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Wheat Ridge is 8th in Colorado out of 109 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Wheat Ridge is 13th in Colorado out of 109 other cities in Female residents

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Current population (2012)	30,717	24th	5,187,582	313,914,040
Size in square miles	9.3	49th	103,641.9	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	3,242.6	24th	48.5	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	84th	6.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.7%	95th	23.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	8th	11.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.7%	68th	89.7%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.4%	64th	36.3%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Race - White	85.6%	58th	88.1%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	46th	4.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.2%	34th	1.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	56th	3.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	29th	0.2%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.4%	34th	2.8%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	42nd	21.0%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	74.0%	61st	69.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Female residents	51.4%	13th	49.8%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	6.9%	55th	9.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Housing units	14,868	23rd	2,224,603	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	32.2%	25th	25.7%	25.9%
Households	13,847	22nd	1,941,193	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	56.8%	91st	66.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$235,700	53rd	$236,700	$186,200
People per household	2.1	100th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Income per capita	$29,093	52nd	$30,816	$27,915
Income per household	$48,777	79th	$57,685	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.6%	47th	12.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Wheat Ridge	Rank	Colorado	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,688	25th	547,770	27,092,908
Retail sales	$637,727	23rd	$65,896,788	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$20,720	22nd	$13,609	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$67,059	31st	$11,440,395	$613,795,732

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