Wheat Ridge is a medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 33,015 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Wheat Ridge is the 18th largest community in Colorado.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wheat Ridge is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wheat Ridge is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheat Ridge who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.12%), sales jobs (9.82%), and management occupations (8.33%).

Also of interest is that Wheat Ridge has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Wheat Ridge Information and Demographics

The education level of Wheat Ridge citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 25.10% of adults in Wheat Ridge have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wheat Ridge in 2000 was $22,636, which is upper middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,544 for a family of four.

The people who call Wheat Ridge home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wheat Ridge is White, followed by Asian. Wheat Ridge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.56% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Wheat Ridge include German, English, Irish, Italian, Swedish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Wheat Ridge is English. Some people also speak Spanish.