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Home values, rents and more in Wheat Ridge, CO

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$582,000
Metro: $555,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
−2.2%
Metro: −1.8% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,881/mo
Metro: $1,900 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+1.2%
Metro: +0.1% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
32,070
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$90,564
Metro: $105,762 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Wheat Ridge, CO, shaded by typical home valueWheat Ridge80002802158021280214
  • Under $520k
  • $520k–$570k
  • $570k–$670k
  • $670k–$770k
  • $770k+
  • No data
ZIP codes around Wheat Ridge, CO, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Wheat Ridge is outlined.

How Wheat Ridge compares

The typical home in Wheat Ridge, CO is worth about $582,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wheat Ridge are 5% above the typical value in the Denver metro area ($555,000) and 1.6 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Wheat Ridge fell 2.2%, compared with −1.8% in the Denver metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,881 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Denver metro area ($1,900) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.2% over the past year.

The median household income is $90,564, against $105,762 in the Denver metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 32,070 people live in Wheat Ridge (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Wheat Ridge has the 32nd-highest typical home value of the 64 cities in the Denver metro area and the 86th-highest of 282 in Colorado with Zillow figures.

Part of: Jefferson County, CO · Denver metro area · Colorado

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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