Fairmount vs Wheat Ridge

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

Fairmount 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 10,521 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($163,785 vs $87,598 in Wheat Ridge). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($772,600 vs $584,700 in Wheat Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
Population	10,521	32,158
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$163,785	$87,598
Median home value	$772,600	$584,700
Median gross rent	$2,505	$1,493
Housing units	3,816	15,805
Homeownership rate	91.3%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
Population	8,606 → 10,521 (+22.3%)	31,331 → 32,158 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$111,148 → $163,785 (+47.4%)	$57,659 → $87,598 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$516,700 → $772,600 (+49.5%)	$383,900 → $584,700 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,472 → $2,505 (+70.2%)	$1,104 → $1,493 (+35.2%)

Fairmount

Population

8,60610,521

Median household income

$111,148$163,785

Median home value

$516,700$772,600

Median gross rent

$1,472$2,505

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)

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
Under 5	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	17.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.8%
75 and over	5.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	73.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	12.1%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
Drove alone	63.6%	65.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.5%
Public transit	1.2%	2.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.7%
Worked from home	25.2%	19.3%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
1-unit, detached	97.9%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Wheat Ridge
Poverty rate	2.9%	10.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1984	1964