Berthoud vs Wellington

A side-by-side comparison of Berthoud and Wellington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Berthoud has the higher population (11,684 vs 11,538 in Wellington). Berthoud has the higher median household income ($111,297 vs $103,888 in Wellington). Berthoud has the higher median home value ($487,700 vs $442,500 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Berthoud	Wellington
Population	11,684	11,538
Median age	39.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,297	$103,888
Median home value	$487,700	$442,500
Median gross rent	$1,708	$2,320
Housing units	4,636	4,059
Homeownership rate	85.5%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berthoud	Wellington
Population	7,191 → 11,684 (+62.5%)	9,272 → 11,538 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$78,393 → $111,297 (+42.0%)	$91,566 → $103,888 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$342,800 → $487,700 (+42.3%)	$323,500 → $442,500 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,391 → $1,708 (+22.8%)	$1,477 → $2,320 (+57.1%)

Berthoud

Population

7,19111,684

Median household income

$78,393$111,297

Median home value

$342,800$487,700

Median gross rent

$1,391$1,708

Wellington

Population

9,27211,538

Median household income

$91,566$103,888

Median home value

$323,500$442,500

Median gross rent

$1,477$2,320

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berthoud	Wellington
Under 5	6.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	21.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.6%
75 and over	4.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berthoud	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berthoud	Wellington
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	18.6%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berthoud	Wellington
Drove alone	75.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	16.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berthoud	Wellington
1-unit, detached	79.2%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berthoud	Wellington
Poverty rate	3.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	2008	2010