Wheat Ridge, CO vs Berkley, CO

Side-by-side comparison from the latest government data.

MetricWheat Ridge, COBerkley, CO
Population32,07010,789
Median Household Income$90,564$84,637
Median Rent$1,579/mo$1,777/mo
Median Home Value$623,000$468,100
Cost of Living (US = 100)106106
Renters Paying 30%+ of Income50.2%53.7%
Poverty Rate11.2%14.1%
Unemployment Rate4.3%4.2% (county)
Violent Crime Rate /100k266380*
Property Crime Rate /100k3,9152,127*
Median AQI4849
Good AQI Days /yr215201
Summer Highs86°F86°F
Winter Lows17°F17°F
Snowfall76 in/yr76 in/yr
Avg Commute23.4 min27.2 min
Hospitals1—
Avg Hospital Rating4.0 / 5—
Students per Teacher15.515.2
College Degree Rate47.8%30.3%
Foreign-Born %6.4%21.8%
Population Growth (2020–2025)-1.0%-8.8%

Green = clearly better (more than 5% apart). Population, growth, weather, hospital count and foreign-born share aren’t scored.
* Rate of the agency that polices Berkley (the city has no police department of its own), so it isn’t scored.