Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Wheat Ridge city GEOCODE:08-1360 CO ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 30,280 100.0% 29,419 100.0% -861 -2.8 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 24,652 81.4% 22,763 77.4% -1,889 -7.7 -4.0 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 430 1.4% 510 1.7% 80 18.6 0.3 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 29,467 97.3% 28,049 95.3% -1,418 -4.8 -2.0 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 55 0.2% 138 0.5% 83 150.9 0.3 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 291 1.0% 328 1.1% 37 12.7 0.2 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 149 0.5% 86 0.3% -63 -42.3 -0.2 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 1,389 4.6% 2,100 7.1% 711 51.2 2.6 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 1,632 5.4% 1,943 6.6% 311 19.1 1.2 5-17.................. 5,080 16.8% 4,016 13.7% -1,064 -20.9 -3.1 18-24.................. 3,949 13.0% 2,335 7.9% -1,614 -40.9 -5.1 25-44.................. 8,180 27.0% 9,631 32.7% 1,451 17.7 5.7 45-64.................. 6,960 23.0% 5,783 19.7% -1,177 -16.9 -3.3 65 AND OVER............ 4,479 14.8% 5,711 19.4% 1,232 27.5 4.6 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 6,712 22.2% 5,959 20.3% -753 -11.2 -1.9 40 AND OVER............ 13,012 43.0% 13,410 45.6% 399 3.1 2.6 MEDIAN AGE............ 33.8 37.3 3.5 10.4 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,595 $28,338 -3,257 -10.3 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,006 $35,362 -2,644 -7.0 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,934 $15,451 -483 -3.0 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 2,073 7.0% 2,440 8.4% 367 17.7 1.5 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,641 100.0% 13,070 100.0% 429 3.4 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 8,455 66.9% 7,902 60.5% -553 -6.5 -6.4 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,503 35.6% 4,492 34.4% -11 -0.2 -1.3 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,027 55.6% 6,221 47.6% -806 -11.5 -8.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 2,832 22.4% 2,310 17.7% -522 -18.4 -4.7 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,105 8.7% 1,273 9.7% 168 15.2 1.0 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 708 5.6% 722 5.5% 14 2.0 -0.1 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 3,379 26.7% 4,316 33.0% 937 27.7 6.3 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.4 2.2 -0.1 -6.3 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 19,619 100.0% 21,125 100.0% 1,506 7.7 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 7,567 38.6% 6,261 29.6% -1,306 -17.3 -8.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 3,749 19.1% 4,359 20.6% 610 16.3 1.5 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,224 100.0% 15,703 100.0% -521 -3.2 FEMALE................ 7,176 44.2% 7,535 48.0% 359 5.0 3.8 EMPLOYED.............. 15,610 96.2% 14,916 95.0% -694 -4.4 -1.2 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 3,974 24.5% 4,168 26.5% 194 4.9 2.0 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 1,608 9.9% 1,742 11.1% 134 8.3 1.2 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 13,056 100.0% 14,105 100.0% 1,049 8.0 OCCUPIED.............. 12,616 96.6% 13,130 93.1% 514 4.1 -3.5 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,141 56.6% 7,024 53.5% -117 -1.6 -3.1 AVERAGE VALUE....... $120,670 $96,778 -23,892 -19.8 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 5,475 43.4% 6,106 46.5% 631 11.5 3.1 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $428 $425 -3 -0.8 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 8,356 64.0% 8,807 62.4% 451 5.4 -1.6 MOBILE HOMES.......... 6 0.0% 0 0.0% -6-100.0 -0.0 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1958.6 1960.0 1.4 0.1 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis