Wheat Ridge, CO
Wheat Ridge is a great suburb just west of Denver. 38th Ave has been revitalized and has that Main St vibe. Large yards and quite neighborhoods make this a great place to live. Also, very easy commute to downtown Denver!
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WHEAT RIDGE PROFILE
LIVING IN WHEAT RIDGE
Wheat Ridge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 32,398 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Wheat Ridge is the 25th largest community in Colorado.
Housing costs in Wheat Ridge are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don’t compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Colorado.
Unlike some cities, Wheat Ridge isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wheat Ridge are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wheat Ridge is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheat Ridge who work in sales jobs (12.72%), management occupations (12.29%), and office and administrative support (11.47%).
Also of interest is that Wheat Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.88% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Wheat Ridge is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Wheat Ridge area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The population of Wheat Ridge is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.62% of adults in Wheat Ridge have a bachelor’s degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Wheat Ridge in 2018 was $40,375, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $161,500 for a family of four. However, Wheat Ridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wheat Ridge is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wheat Ridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wheat Ridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Wheat Ridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.50% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wheat Ridge include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Wheat Ridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
this information was found on neighborhoodscout.com