According to the most recent data on the cost of living, Wheat Ridge has an overall cost of living index of 110 which is 1.1x higher than the national index of 100.
Compared to only Colorado, Wheat Ridge has a cost of living index that's 1.0x lower than Colorado's index of 112.
The standard of living in Wheat Ridge ranks as #4,129 most affordable out of the 6,418 places we measured in Colorado. By definition, that implies Wheat Ridge ranks as the #2,289 most expensive place in the Centennial State.
Living Expense | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | National Average | |
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Overall | 110 | 112 | 100 | |
Services | 102 | 104 | 100 | |
Groceries | 88 | 103 | 100 | |
Health | 99 | 103 | 100 | |
Housing | 134 | 133 | 100 | |
Transportation | 108 | 108 | 100 | |
Utilities | 80 | 87 | 100 |
Housing swings affordability the most between places in Colorado, so we broke down the statistics around housing costs into more detail. It's also important to consider median household incomes to make apples-to-apples comparisons across locations.
Home and income come data comes from the most recent US Census ACS 2014-2018.
Statistic | Wheat Ridge | Colorado | United States |
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Median Home Value | $426,500 | $369,900 | $229,800 |
Median Rent | $1,164 | $1,335 | $1,096 |
Median Income | $63,333 | $75,231 | $64,994 |
Home Value To Income | 6.7x | 4.9x | 3.5x |
Rent To Monthly Income | 0.22x | 0.21x | 0.2x |
Item | Wheat Ridge | Colorado |
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Shampoo | $0.88 | $1.06 |
Movie | $13.19 | $10.68 |
Bowling | $20.67 | $14.67 |
Item | Wheat Ridge | Colorado |
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Ground Beef | $4.62 | $4.22 |
Fried Chicken | $1.15 | $1.39 |
Milk | $1.78 | $2.05 |
Item | Wheat Ridge | Colorado |
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Haircut | $24.05 | $18.62 |
Beauty Salon | $35.0 | $39.05 |
Toothpaste | $2.11 | $2.34 |
Item | Wheat Ridge | Colorado |
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Potatoes | $3.04 | $3.29 |
Pizza | $11.32 | $10.62 |
Beer | $8.96 | $9.38 |
Optometrist | $99.83 | $108.57 |
Doctor | $117.67 | $116.17 |
Dentist | $92.83 | $99.13 |
Item | Wheat Ridge | Colorado |
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Gasoline | $2.24 | $2.22 |
Tire Balancing | $59.83 | $50.07 |
All Electricity | $103.99 | $167.67 |
Phone | $187.21 | $175.64 |
City | Population | Cost Of Living | Vs. Wheat Ridge |
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Denver, CO | 715,878 | 116 | 1.1x |
Lakewood, CO | 155,733 | 115 | 1.0x |
Arvada, CO | 120,229 | 109 | 1.0x |
Northglenn, CO | 39,201 | 103 | 0.9x |
Englewood, CO | 34,840 | 111 | 1.0x |
Golden, CO | 20,391 | 127 | 1.2x |
Sherrelwood, CO | 19,082 | 98 | 0.9x |
Welby, CO | 15,372 | 97 | 0.9x |
Federal Heights, CO | 13,537 | 80 | 0.7x |
Berkley, CO | 11,299 | 99 | 0.9x |