Arvada vs Wheat Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Arvada and Wheat Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Arvada and Wheat Ridge are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arvada has the higher population (122,835 vs 32,158 in Wheat Ridge). Arvada has the higher median household income ($113,396 vs $87,598 in Wheat Ridge). Arvada has the higher median home value ($600,800 vs $584,700 in Wheat Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
Population	122,835	32,158
Median age	40.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,396	$87,598
Median home value	$600,800	$584,700
Median gross rent	$1,802	$1,493
Housing units	51,655	15,805
Homeownership rate	74.9%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
Population	118,746 → 122,835 (+3.4%)	31,331 → 32,158 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$84,717 → $113,396 (+33.9%)	$57,659 → $87,598 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$384,500 → $600,800 (+56.3%)	$383,900 → $584,700 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,358 → $1,802 (+32.7%)	$1,104 → $1,493 (+35.2%)

Arvada

Population

118,746122,835

Median household income

$84,717$113,396

Median home value

$384,500$600,800

Median gross rent

$1,358$1,802

Wheat Ridge

Population

31,33132,158

Median household income

$57,659$87,598

Median home value

$383,900$584,700

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.8%
75 and over	6.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	2.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	20.6%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
Drove alone	69.2%	65.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.5%
Public transit	1.7%	2.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	21.9%	19.3%
Other means	1.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
1-unit, detached	70.3%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	15.6%
20 or more units	8.1%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Arvada	Wheat Ridge
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1979	1964