Columbine vs Wheat Ridge

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

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

Wheat Ridge has the higher population (32,158 vs 25,681 in Columbine). Columbine has the higher median household income ($129,480 vs $87,598 in Wheat Ridge). Columbine has the higher median home value ($590,600 vs $584,700 in Wheat Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
Population	25,681	32,158
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,480	$87,598
Median home value	$590,600	$584,700
Median gross rent	$2,391	$1,493
Housing units	9,849	15,805
Homeownership rate	90.1%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
Population	25,332 → 25,681 (+1.4%)	31,331 → 32,158 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$101,731 → $129,480 (+27.3%)	$57,659 → $87,598 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$402,700 → $590,600 (+46.7%)	$383,900 → $584,700 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,871 → $2,391 (+27.8%)	$1,104 → $1,493 (+35.2%)

Columbine

Population

25,33225,681

Median household income

$101,731$129,480

Median home value

$402,700$590,600

Median gross rent

$1,871$2,391

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)

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	17.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.8%
75 and over	7.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	73.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	16.9%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.6%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
Drove alone	71.0%	65.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	2.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	20.4%	19.3%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
1-unit, detached	79.1%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	15.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Columbine	Wheat Ridge
Poverty rate	5.3%	10.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1976	1964