Loveland vs Wellington

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

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

Loveland has the higher population (77,350 vs 11,538 in Wellington). Wellington has the higher median household income ($103,888 vs $82,592 in Loveland). Loveland has the higher median home value ($453,100 vs $442,500 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Loveland	Wellington
Population	77,350	11,538
Median age	40.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,592	$103,888
Median home value	$453,100	$442,500
Median gross rent	$1,683	$2,320
Housing units	35,330	4,059
Homeownership rate	61.8%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loveland	Wellington
Population	76,972 → 77,350 (+0.5%)	9,272 → 11,538 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$68,592 → $82,592 (+20.4%)	$91,566 → $103,888 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$313,900 → $453,100 (+44.3%)	$323,500 → $442,500 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,267 → $1,683 (+32.8%)	$1,477 → $2,320 (+57.1%)

Loveland

Population

76,97277,350

Median household income

$68,592$82,592

Median home value

$313,900$453,100

Median gross rent

$1,267$1,683

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)

	Loveland	Wellington
Under 5	5.1%	9.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	21.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.6%
75 and over	9.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loveland	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loveland	Wellington
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	22.7%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loveland	Wellington
Drove alone	75.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	16.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loveland	Wellington
1-unit, detached	63.4%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Loveland	Wellington
Poverty rate	7.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1993	2010